29-05-2025
Behind The Amity Affliction's cover of Turnstile's 'HOLIDAY' for Like A Version
For a self-professed "not a hardcore" band covering a hardcore track, it was "just weird enough to work". That's how The Amity Affliction found themselves covering Turnstile's 'HOLIDAY' for their Like A Version debut.
"We just grew up going to hardcore shows," drummer Joe Longobardi said.
"We both played in hardcore bands for a long, long time. Playing that song, it brings you back to the days of playing wherever you could, slogging it out in the van."
Guitarist Dan Brown added that it was a "where you came from moment" that made him feel the way he did when he was playing more hardcore with bands like 50 Lions and Confession.
"I wanna spin-kick someone," he said, chuckling.
After The Amity Affliction spent time going through a list of tracks to tackle for their debut Like A Version, they landed on the Baltimore outfit in a moment of shared silence.
"We went through a list of songs we thought would go over well and nothing really kinda hit us the right way," Joe said.
"And then we were on the bus somehwere and somebody just said 'why don't we do Turnstile?' and it kinda just got silent for a second."
Dan chimed in "it was just weird enough that we all went 'oh, that'll kinda work'."
And wow did it work. We're ready to open this pit right up thanks to this Like A Version.
Posted 43m ago 43 minutes ago Thu 29 May 2025 at 10:30pm
