Turbo – Fast As Fvck (2020)
For fans of Motorhead, W.A.S.P., Kill Cheerleader, ZZ Top, Black Sabbath
Album Title: Fast as Fvck
Release Date: July 30, 2020
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: Distrokid
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Like your dishevelled uncle on Christmas morning, Turbo is trashed, pissed off, sleazy, mean, and sick of your shit.
“Fast as Fvck is a sort of hommage to true rock and roll in its most vicious and visceral form. Each of the seven tracks hit like a swift kick to the teeth from a whole new angle of attack, but the assault is far from a mindless battering to the eardrums. The album ebbs and flows through different moods and subtleties with sophisticated craftsmanship. Metal enough for the heshers, punk enough for the threshers, and rocking enough to satiate the haughtiest of purests; we in Turbo have patented our own “Nitro-Rock” concoction with our debut album… and this shit is potent.”
The album as a whole explained by the band:
Fast as Fvck is a sort of homage to true rock and roll in its most vicious and visceral form. Each of the seven tracks hit like a swift kick to the teeth from a whole new angle of attack, but the assault is far from a mindless battering to the eardrums. The album ebbs and flows through different moods and subtleties with sophisticated craftsmanship. Metal enough for the heshers, punk enough for the threshers, and rocking enough to satiate the haughtiest of purests; we in Turbo have patented our own “Nitro-Rock” concoction with our debut album… and this shit is potent.
Track by track explained by the band:
Burning the Wick is the intro track, and one of the first songs we wrote as a band. The opening lyric, “Been living like a fuckin’ reptile” spells out it’s topic in one succinct line. The song is essentially about how I’ve been living since Turbo was formed up until now, and these somewhat grave, but defiant lyrics are sarcastically juxtaposed on a fun, almost bouncy kind of party-punk-metal anthem. BtW sets up the middle-ground of the band’s sound throughout the rest of the album, and doesn’t give you time to catch your air before kicking into…
Alive, which is more or less a written testament to bad decisions with one of the most badass riffs on the album slapped on top of it. The song features a call-and-response guitar harmony and an anthemic chorus. There’s not too much more to say on it apart from being among the most fun songs on the album; definitely, one to do a keg stand along to.
Living on the Line is where the album starts to take a darker turn for a bit, and starts off with our best attempt at a THX sound-test with electric guitars, which feedback its way into a glitzy sunset-over-a-bad-part-of-town type riff. The song kicks in with me essentially turning my own lungs into sand, and then we’re straight cruising from there on out. The subject matter is actually about a good friend of mine who is a sex worker for a living. She got into a bit of a dicey situation at a party she was dancing at while I was trying to write lyrics for this one – getting threatened at gunpoint if she didn’t do certain things and whatnot. Super scary stuff. Perfect lyrical content. So I decided to immortalize that side of the industry lyrically, and thankfully she was a really good sport about it.
Silver Spoon is a real ripper and comes out of the gate wide-eyed with its teeth bared. It’d be insulting to tell you we all took a cue from our harder-metal roots for this one, it’s kind of obvious. It certainly still has that hard-rocking punky fun Turbo aesthetic, but it’s certainly tenser in its approach. We all come from very much a “from the ground-up” kind of background – cut from a somewhat rougher cloth. So it’s essentially a big middle finger to anyone with everything gifted to them trying to tell you how to live your life… and it’s pissed!
Make Bail is the first song we wrote. Sylvain and I were both breaking up with girls in pretty messy breakups, and it seemed appropriate that we test the band’s sound with a semi-poppy 4-minute-cruiser about it. The song is quite snarky, and honestly kind of savage, but I still stand by every word ahaha.
Last Call is the inner monologue of every bartender in every bar as soon as the lights come on and they just want to go home. Sylvain and I had just finished bartending a local rock-and-roll pub at the time and figured the idea was funny enough to actually run with. Musically speaking, the song is crunchy as all hell, has a great trade-off solo section, and definitely deserves a drink in each hand. Enjoy!
Serpent’s Coil is the ballad of the album – if you can call it that – and is certainly the most musically adventurous of the album’s pieces. We aren’t huge fans of love songs, so we didn’t want a Turbo ballad to be too gushy. So undertaking writing this piece, I decided to go for a much more sinister theme, and we think it fits beautifully. The song uses diabolical imagery, with a sound that mixes 80’s metal with rock and black metal elements, and a super catchy chorus. Definitely a fitting reprieve and end to an already pummelling album.
Album Title: Fast as Fvck
Release Date: July 30, 2020
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: Distrokid
Track Listing:
1. Burning The Wick (2:13)
2. Alive (3:12)
3. Living On The Line (3:26)
4. Silver Spoon (2:56)
5. Make Bail (3:25)
6. Last Call (3:41)
7. Serpents Coil (6:37)
Album Length: 25:33
Album Credits:
• All songs performed by: Turbo
• All songs written by: Turbo
• Produced by: Turbo
• Mixed by: Lindsay Dicks
• Mastered by:
• Album Artwork by: Tim Murray
• Music is Canadian Content (MAPL)
Album Band Line Up:
Evan Frizzle – Guitar/Vocals
Todd Stanley – Bass/Backing Vocals
Lindsay Dicks – Guitar/Backing Vocals
Sylvain Coderre – Drums/Backing Vocals
Live Band Line Up:
Evan Frizzle – Guitar/Vocals
Todd Stanley- Bass/Backing Vocals
Lindsay Dicks – Guitar/Backing Vocals
Sylvain Coderre – Drums/Backing Vocals
Discography:
2020- Fast as Fvck
L-R- Todd Stanley- Bass/Backing Vocals, Evan Frizzle – Guitar/Vocals, Lindsay Dicks – Guitar/Backing Vocals, Sylvain Coderre – Drums/Backing Vocals
Photo Credit – Andy Sears
Like your disheveled uncle on Christmas morning, Turbo is trashed, pissed off, sleazy, mean, and sick of your shit. Coming at you hard and fast from the east coast of Canada, rages Turbo. An eclectic mix of rock, punk, and metal, this is what would happen if nitroglycerin had a soundtrack. High impact is the name of the game for them and they are bringing the grit to listeners around the world.
The members of Turbo, who were all in separate bands at the time, came together with the motivation to create something bigger and badder. Something that was gonna grab things right by the cojones and give them a good shake. Evan Frizzle (vocalist/guitar) and Sylvain Coderre (drums) were looking to start up a project, and when they met Lindsey Dicks (guitar) the juices started flowing. Todd Stanley (bass) held the same “Take No Prisoners” vision and immediately joined the fray. The musical influences cited by the band span across the heavy music spectrum, which results in an original, aggressive and varied listening experience.
With 100% collaborative effort, the themes that fuel Turbo lyrics revolve around personal experiences or things that just come up while they’re writing the music to a particular piece. The focus is that all the bandmates are able to relate to everything they sing about. It’s real, edgy, and visceral.
The highly potent debut album “Fast as Fvck” is on the way for 2020; metal enough for the heshers, punk enough for the threshers, and rocking enough to satiate the haughtiest of purests; welcome to Turbo’s patented “Nitro-Rock”.
