Turn were formed in 1998 by long-time friends Ollie Cole (vocals, guitars) and Ian Melady (drums). Since then they've released two albums, 2000's Antisocial (Infectious) and 2003's Forward, on their own Nurture label, which crashed straight into the Irish Top Twenty. They've built up a reputation as one of the finest live bands to grace a stage, with ever-growing audiences enraptured by their captivating stage presence and quality tunesmithery, including a stunning performance at this year's Oxe

They finished 2004 on a high, scoring highly in the prestigious Hot Press Readers Poll, where music fans voted them No. 5 Best Band and No. 6 Best Live band. Forward was named No. 7 Best Album, while frontman Ollie Cole was voted No. 4 Best Irish Musician, No. 6 Best Irish Male and No. 8 Best Irish Songwriter.

They signed to celebrated London-based independent label Setanta (The Divine Comedy, A House) in early 2005 and set about recording their third album, only taking a break to wow the Oxegen crowd with what was arguably their finest gig to date in a packed Green Room. Armed with their strongest collection of songs yet, Turn are ready to hit the road again, with a string of live dates lined up for the autumn.