Turnpike Gates Release New Album “Not Myself Today”

Turnpike Gates have released their new album, Not Myself Today, across all digital platforms, the album chronicles the psychologically draining experience of living in a post-pandemic American city. With the follow-up to 2021’s City In Heat EP, singer-songwriter Ryan Smith returns with his unique brand of East Coast flavored angst, fusing punk, pop, alternative and heartland rock to create a sound that’s all his own. Turnpike Gates will be promoting Not Myself Today with a string of shows along the East Coast, starting March 21 at NYC’s The Delancey.

Produced by Pete Steinkopf (The Bouncing Souls), Not Myself Today takes the listener on a careening journey through Smith’s psyche. From the frenzied self-recrimination of Shifty Eyes to the skeptical optimism of High Hopes, Smith strips himself bare lyrically while evolving the sound of Turnpike Gates by enlisting a talented group of musicians to deepen the texture of the album with piano, horns, strings and vocal harmonies. This includes Steinkopf, who plays lead guitar on the album’s title track; Jared Hart (Mercy Union / The Scandals) Jenn Fantaccione (The Bouncing Souls / The Front Bottoms) and Danny “Dubs” Windas (Beach Rats).