Midwestern melodic punk 4-piece TURNSPIT will release their debut full-length DESIRE PATHS on February 16, 2018, via Dodgeball Records.

 
 

Jason Swearingen tells “A few years back, I finally started going to therapy. It helped me begin to get a handle on my mental health, and it encouraged me to seriously re-evaluate while coming to terms with a handful of things. One of the most difficult things I’ve struggled with is how my religious upbringing and obsessive-compulsive disorder kept me from exploring a lot of who I really am.

Over the past few years, I’ve come out as pansexual, and have begun to explore gender in ways I always felt I couldn’t before. I’ve been learning to do things that make me happy, rather than let guilt control my life. A lot of my songs on this record, “Breath Taking” included, deal with how it’s easier to control a people who are kept miserable; and how revolutionary an act it can be to simply do what makes you happy — in a positive way — in the face of others telling you that happiness is shameful.”

Pre-orders are now available at: https://www.dodgeballrecords.com/shop/