Melodic hardcore luminaries Turnstile dropped a new statement on social media today, February 03rd, addressing their relative sweep at the 68th annual ‘GRAMMY Awards‘. That awards ceremony took place in Los Angeles, CA this past Sunday, February 01st. During the premiere ceremony held ahead of the big awards show, Turnstile managed to take home ‘Best Rock Album’ GRAMMY for their latest full-length “NEVER ENOUGH“, beating out the likes of Deftones, Linkin Park, YUNGBLUD and HAIM.
In a more controversial move, the group also took home the award for ‘Best Metal Performance’, besting fellow nominees in Ghost, Sleep Token, Dream Theater and Spiritbox. Speaking on their Instagram today, February 03rd, Turnstile reflected on their big wins, while also touching on the mission behind the band’s music and their current stance on sociopolitical injustices taking place around the globe.
“On Sunday our band won 2 Grammys for Best Rock Album & Best Metal Performance. We never thought we’d be in these rooms, but we are very grateful to be here.
This band has never been about the individual, but rather about a collective searching for a common thread in a world where those threads are being hidden from us.
The world likes to tell us who we are and what we’re not, but the truth is we belong to nothing and we belong to everyone.
We’re existing in a time of heightened state violence. We are watching people be pushed out of their homes here in America, in Palestine, in Sudan, in Iran, everywhere, as if they don’t belong to them. As if we don’t belong to each other. Music is a vehicle for voices that are buried, that are searching, that are alien. Turnstile has always existed as an alien thing.
Thank you to our family, our friends, our partners, our peers for continuing to shape us and give us sense of belonging. Thank you to anyone who has ever come to a show and swung in the dark with us. Thank you to our team who fights for us to be in the room. Thank you to Baltimore for giving us a stage. Thank you to everyone who has allowed this band to be a mirror for this community. Thank you.
With love,
TURNSTILE“