In late March, a curious billboard showed up over the Sunset Strip in Hollywood. Amid the sea of billboards advertising movies, TV shows and “Call Jacob,” this one featured a silhouetted five person band rocking out, and a simple, direct message: 

“NEVER ENOUGH TURNSTILE.”

It also gave a date: June 6, 2025.

That is when hardcore punk/rock band Turnstile is set to release their next album, “Never Enough.” In 2021, their album “Glow On” was a legitimate breakout hit for a rock band. That’s a rarity these days when fewer and fewer popular music acts are bands.

Turnstile’s brand of radio-friendly hardcore separated them from their peers and found itself on commercials, on TV shows, on NPR’s Tiny Desk, and made them an immediate must-see on the summer festival circuit. 

As far as teasers go, the billboard is as simple as its message.

Today, Turnstile released the first single and music video for the album’s title track.

As far as first singles go, it’s a reminder of the softer edges on “Glow On,” washed in shiny 80s synth before building to a heavy, grinding chorus. If this points to what the new album will be, expect it to be more “Glow On: Part Two” than anything new. The song is evidence that the band can still craft big, blustery rock built for Spotify playlists.

However, what it lacks is the feeling of surprise and danger that “Glow On,” and their 2018 album “Time & Space” had. Those albums were an adrenaline rush that made watching YouTube clips of their insane club concerts (in which fans leapt on stage, slam danced with the band and launched themselves back into the moshing hordes) so much fun and addicting.

But something seems to have happened to the band. Success may have gone to their handsome heads a bit. With the lengthy synth drone that opens “Never Enough,” it would seem they see themselves as something more epic and ambitious than the hardcore scene from which they came.

I hope I’m full of it on this one, and this is just the calm before the storm.