Turmoil & Tinfoil

Turmoil & Tinfoil is the debut solo studio album by American bluegrass musician Billy Strings. Its release follows two collaborations with Don Julin, Rock of Ages and Fiddle Tune X and precedes his second studio album Home. Released on September 22, 2017, it reached number three on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums chart, remaining in that position for seven consecutive weeks.^[1]

Turmoil & Tinfoil
Studio album by Billy Strings
Released	September 22, 2017 (2017-09-22)
Recorded	January 3–9 and March 11–12, 2017
Studio	GBP Studios, East Lansing, MI Sunset Sound, Nashville, TN
Genre	Bluegrass
Length	1:00:38
Label	Apostol Recording Company
Producer	Glenn Brown & Billy Strings
Billy Strings chronology
Fiddle Tune X (2014) Turmoil & Tinfoil (2017) Home (2019)

Turmoil & Tinfoil reached number eighteen on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.^[2]

Band members included Brad Tucker on upright bass, Drew Matulich on mandolin, and Billy Failing on 5 string banjo.

Overview and meaning

The album covers a great range of topics including racism, drug addiction, relationships and suicide.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Songlines	4/5[4]

Turmoil & Tinfoil received generally positive reviews. Garret K. Woodward of Rolling Stone described the collection as "[not] afraid to look forward or celebrate youth."^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"On the Line"	3:53
2.	"Meet Me at the Creek"	9:37
3.	"All of Tomorrow"	4:01
4.	"While I'm Waiting Here"	4:39
5.	"Living Like an Animal"	4:27
6.	"Turmoil & Tinfoil"	6:26
7.	"Salty Sheep"	4:44
8.	"Spinning"	2:40
9.	"Dealing Despair"	3:02
10.	"Pyramid Country"	4:43
11.	"Doin' Things Right"	4:16
12.	"These Memories Of You"	3:39
13.	"107"	6:31
Total length:		1:00:38

All tracks are written by William Apostol, except "Salty Sheep" (Traditional).

Personnel

The Band

• Billy Strings – guitar, vocals, banjo, Buchla synthesizer, digital guitar
• Billy Failing – banjo, vocals
• Drew Matulich – mandolin
• Brad Tucker – bass, vocals

Additional musicians

• John Mailander – fiddle (3, 9, 11)
• Shad Cobb – fiddle (3)
• Glenn Brown – theremin and Harmonium (3, 6)
• Molly Tuttle – vocals (3)
• Miss Tess Reitz – vocals (3)
• Peter "Madcat" Ruth – harmonica and Jew's harp (5)
• Bryan Sutton – guitar (7)
• Terry Barber – vocals (12)

Technical

• Glenn Brown – producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
• Keith Kinnear – assistant engineer
• Koehen Terry – assistant engineer
• JJ Horner – cover art
• Bill Orner – design and layout