The Amity Affliction Cover Turnstile’s ‘Holiday’ for ‘Like a Version’

Australian metalcore outfit The Amity Affliction have shared their rendition of Turnstile’s “Holiday” as part of their recent appearance on Like a Version, the long-running covers segment from Australian radio station triple j.

Formed in the Queensland city of Gympie in 2003, The Amity Affliction have been staples of triple j’s heavy music rotation over the years but have remained absent from the station’s Like a Version studio until 2025.

As part of their debut appearance on the segment, the group launched into their performance with an original, performing the recently-released “All That I Remember.” Officially arriving on Wednesday (May 28), the track is the band’s first to feature Jonny Reeves on clean vocals, with the American singer joining the group following the exit of the band’s last remaining founding member, Ahren Stringer.

Turning their attention towards the cover portion, The Amity Affliction were uncharacteristically joined by strings and keyboards as they delivered a high-energy rendition of Turnstile’s “Holiday.” The track was originally issued as the fifth and final single of the Baltimore outfit’s 2021 album Glow On, which became their most successful record to date, hitting No. 30 on the Billboard 200.

“[We] went through a list of songs that we thought would go over well and nothing really kind of hit us the right way,” explained drummer Joe Longobardi in a post-performance interview. “Then we were on the bus somewhere and somebody just said ‘Why don’t we cover Turnstile’”And it kind of got silent for a second.

“It was weird enough that we all went, ‘Oh I think that would work,’” adds vocalist Joel Birch. “It’s our roots, I guess, and [Turnstile are] a band using those roots to do this brand new thing, which is really cool and we like it.”

Since forming in 2003, The Amity Affliction have released a total of eight albums, with four of their records – beginning with 2012’s Chasing Ghosts – consecutively charting atop the ARIA charts. The group’s fourth album, 2014’s Let the Ocean Take Me, became their first to reach the Billboard 200, reaching No. 31. Follow-up record This Could Be Heartbreak would peak at No. 26 upon its release in 2016, while their next two albums – 2018’s Misery and 2020’s Everyone Loves You… Once You Leave Them – would reach No. 70 and No. 60, respectively.

Having first launched in 2004, the Like a Version series has gone from being a near-impromptu acoustic affair to featuring larger studio productions. Numerous artists have taken part over the past two decades, with the likes of Billie Eilish, Childish Gambino, Arctic Monkeys, and more reinventing classic tracks in the process.

View The Amity Affliction’s cover of Turnstile’s ‘Holiday’ below.