The Twilight Sad are a Scottish
post-punk
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/
indie rock
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band, comprising James Graham (vocals), Andy MacFarlane (guitar), Johnny Docherty (bass), Brendan Smith (keyboards) and
Grant Hutchison
Grant Hutchison (born 13 June 1984) is a Scottish drummer and percussionist. He is best known as the drummer of the indie rock band Frightened Rabbit, with whom he recorded five studio albums. In 2022, Hutchison joined The Twilight Sad after a f ...
(drums). They have released five studio albums, as well as several EPs, live recordings and singles. Their 2007 debut album, ''
Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters'', drew widespread acclaim from critics,
who noted Graham's thick Scottish accent and MacFarlane's dense sonic walls of
shoegazing
Shoegaze (originally called shoegazing and sometimes conflated with "dream pop") is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volu ...
guitar and wheezing accordion. The Twilight Sad's notoriously loud live performances have been described as "completely ear-splitting", and the band toured for the album across Europe and the United States throughout 2007 and 2008. Sessions inspired by stripped-down and reworked live performances yielded the 2008 mini-album, ''
Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did''.
The band's second album, ''
Forget the Night Ahead
''Forget the Night Ahead'' is the second studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad, released by FatCat Records on 22 September 2009 in the US, and on 5 October 2009 in the UK. The album was produced by guitarist Andy MacFarlane ...
'', marked a shift in their direction; lyrically more personal and musically darker and more streamlined, it was released in 2009 to acclaim.
Recording sessions for the album also produced the mid-2010 release ''
The Wrong Car
''The Wrong Car'' is an EP by the Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad, released on 27 September 2010. The EP has two previously unreleased tracks, "The Wrong Car" and "Throw Yourself Into the Water Again", as well as two remixes of tracks ...
'', which followed the departure of founding bassist Craig Orzel in February 2010. The Twilight Sad's third album, ''
No One Can Ever Know
''No One Can Ever Know'' is the third studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad, released by FatCat Records on 6 February 2012 in the UK, and a day later in the US. The album was produced by the band with assistance and advice ...
'', was released in February 2012 and marked another stylistic shift, with the band citing
industrial music
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and
krautrock
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Experimental rock, also called avant-rock, is a subgenre of rock music that pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments ...
influences for a darker, sparser sound.
The band's fourth album, entitled ''
Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave
''Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave'' is the fourth studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad, released by FatCat Records on 27 October 2014. The album was released to overwhelmingly positive reviews, with Allmusi ...
'', was released in late October 2014 to universally positive reviews,
and was the band's last album with founding member Mark Devine, who left amicably in January 2018. The Twilight Sad's fifth studio album, ''
It Won/t Be Like This All the Time
''It Won/t Be Like This All the Time'' (stylized in all caps) is the fifth studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad, released by Rock Action Records on 18 January 2019. The album is the band's first studio album on Rock Action (t ...
'', was released in January 2019 to further critical acclaim.
The band has described their sound as "
folk
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with layers of noise",
and music critics have described the band as "perennially unhappy" and "a band that inject some real emotion and dynamic excitement into a comparatively standard template."
History
Beginnings (2003–2006)
The foundation for the group started in
Kilsyth
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and the neighbouring village of
Banton, when vocalist James Graham met guitarist Andy MacFarlane in high school and went on to form a cover band with some friends, which included drummer Mark Devine. After leaving school, they decided to take it more seriously. In late 2003, MacFarlane met bassist Craig Orzel in a bus stop and invited him to join the newly formed band.
They took their name from a line in the poem ''But I Was Looking at the Permanent Stars'' by British poet
Wilfred Owen
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, which reads "Sleep mothered them; and left ''the twilight sad''."
[; James Graham confirmed this in a Twitter update: ic"our names from a Wilfred Owen poem but unfortunately people think we've got something to do with a teen vampire series :("]
They performed two highly experimental shows at
The 13th Note Café
The 13th Note Café is a restaurant, bar and music venue in Glasgow, Scotland.
From its beginnings on Glassford Street (what is now Bar Bacchus), the 13th Note moved to its present site on King Street in 1997. A few years later, the 13th Note fr ...
in
Glasgow
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that revolved around 30-minute noise jams with guitars, bass, drums, theremin, tape loops from films and old folk and country songs, effects pedals, toy keyboards, thumb pianos, and computer games.
Afterwards, they decided to take a more traditional approach, which led them to write their first song, "
That Summer, at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy".
In September 2006, they produced a 4-song demo with a 24-track desk recorded at Paulshalls Studios in Cumbernauld recorded by David McKellar, trying to get the best representation as possible, and sent it over to
Brighton
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Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
-based
Fat Cat Records
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. Alex Knight, co-founder of the label, went to Glasgow to watch the band perform their third gig and signed them on the spot.
The demo recordings were later issued commercially on a split cassette tape release with
Frightened Rabbit
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for
Record Store Day
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in 2011.
The band credit ''
Planet Sound
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'' for giving them their first review, when a demo of their song "That Summer, at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy" received a 9/10 rating from the magazine in 2005.
James Graham remarked, "That was the first review we ever had... we were thrilled. It gave us a lot of confidence we were on the right path." The band's first commercial release,
their self-titled EP, was mixed by label mate
Max Richter
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and released in November 2006 in the United States only. They then proceeded to play the fourth gig of their career at New York's
CMJ Music Marathon
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. During this time the band also toured with
and participated in 2007's
South by Southwest music festival
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before their debut album was released.
''Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters'' (2007–2008)
Their debut studio album, ''
Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters'', was released in April 2007, featuring production from guitarist Andy MacFarlane and mixed by
Peter Katis
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Katis is best known for working with alternative and indie rock bands. He works primarily out of his own residential studio, Tarquin Studios, ...
. The album was recorded over a short period of just three days, and the songs featured were the first ones the band had ever written.
It received good critical reception from independent media;
the album was lauded as 2007's "Album of the Year" in ''
Planet Sound
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'' and ''
The Skinny'' in Scotland.
In July 2007, the band contributed a cover of
Radiohead
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's "Climbing Up the Walls" to the
download-only compilation ''
Stereogum Presents... OKX: A Tribute to OK Computer'', a track-for-track collection of covers commemorating the 10th anniversary of Radiohead's ''
OK Computer
''OK Computer'' is the third studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released in Japan on 21 May 1997 and in the UK on 16 June 1997. Radiohead self-produced the album with Nigel Godrich, an arrangement they have used for their subsequ ...
'' album.
Inspired by a stripped down performance at London's
Union Chapel,
the band reworked some of the songs on ''Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters'' for a new mini-album entitled ''
Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did'', released in June 2008.
During this time, the band supported acts such as
Mogwai
Mogwai () are a Scottish post-rock band, formed in 1995 in Glasgow. The band consists of Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals), Barry Burns (guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar), and Martin Bulloch (drums). Mogw ...
,
The Smashing Pumpkins
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,
Snow Patrol
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,
David Pajo
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,
Battles
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,
Beirut
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,
Frightened Rabbit
Frightened Rabbit were a Scottish indie rock band from Selkirk, formed in 2003. Initially a solo project for vocalist and guitarist Scott Hutchison, the final lineup of the band consisted of Hutchison, his brother Grant (drums), Billy Kennedy ...
, and
Idlewild. During their winter tour with Mogwai, the band released ''
Killed My Parents and Hit the Road'', a compilation of live recordings, covers, acoustic demos, and unreleased material.
''Forget the Night Ahead'' and Orzel's departure (2009–2010)
The band released their second studio album, ''
Forget the Night Ahead
''Forget the Night Ahead'' is the second studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad, released by FatCat Records on 22 September 2009 in the US, and on 5 October 2009 in the UK. The album was produced by guitarist Andy MacFarlane ...
'', in September 2009. Musically, they described the album as "noisier and bigger", where they experimented with a lot of instruments and different sounds, including fire extinguishers.
The album was released to further critical acclaim, and was supported by multiple tours of Europe and the United States.
On 8 February 2010, it was announced that founding bassist Craig Orzel had left the band. With a statement on the band's official blog,
Orzel cited personal reasons for the departure and later stated that "there were some changes I wanted to make to my life that I felt being in The Sad was allowing me to put off."
Orzel continues to record music under his solo moniker, Orzelda.
Following Orzel's departure, the band added Johnny Docherty, of Take a Worm for a Walk Week, to the band's live line-up.
The band's first release since Orzel's departure, an EP entitled ''
The Wrong Car
''The Wrong Car'' is an EP by the Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad, released on 27 September 2010. The EP has two previously unreleased tracks, "The Wrong Car" and "Throw Yourself Into the Water Again", as well as two remixes of tracks ...
'', was released in late September 2010. The EP features two previously unreleased songs which were written and recorded during the sessions for ''Forget the Night Ahead'', as well as two remixes by Simon Ward of
Errors and
Stuart Braithwaite
Stuart Leslie Braithwaite (born 10 May 1976) is a Scottish musician, singer and songwriter. He is the guitarist of post-rock band Mogwai, with whom he has recorded ten studio albums. He is also a member of the British alternative rock supergrou ...
of
Mogwai
Mogwai () are a Scottish post-rock band, formed in 1995 in Glasgow. The band consists of Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals), Barry Burns (guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar), and Martin Bulloch (drums). Mogw ...
.
''No One Can Ever Know'' (2010–2012)
Whilst on tour with
Errors in October 2010, vocalist James Graham stated that "the next
lbumis not going to be anything like the first two.
..The
wall of sound
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is kinda gone. Andy
acFarlanes demos involve a lot of keyboards, and it's a lot more considered." Additional musician Martin "Dok" Doherty also stated that "the band who make the same record over and over don't have a very long career." The band returned to the studio in January 2011.
In April 2011, the band released a free acoustic EP on their official blog. The release featured stripped-back renditions of tracks from both ''Forget the Night Ahead'' and ''The Wrong Car''.
The Twilight Sad's third album, ''
No One Can Ever Know
''No One Can Ever Know'' is the third studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad, released by FatCat Records on 6 February 2012 in the UK, and a day later in the US. The album was produced by the band with assistance and advice ...
'', was released on 6 February 2012. Andy MacFarlane describes the album's sound as "sparser... with a colder, slightly militant feel," and the band received some production assistance from producer
Andrew Weatherall
Andrew James Weatherall (6 April 1963 – 17 February 2020) was an English musician, DJ, songwriter, producer and remixer. His career took him from being one of the key DJs in the acid house movement of the late 1980s to being a remixer of trac ...
, who helped in their experimenting with
analog synthesizers
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The earliest analog synthesizers in the 1920s and 1930s, such as the Trautonium, were built with a variety of va ...
.
The band released a new song, the album's closing track "Kill It in the Morning", for free on their new website and
SoundCloud
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page on 21 September 2011. The first proper single from the album, "Sick", was made available as a 7" vinyl single and digital download on 14 November 2011.
Second single "Another Bed" followed the album's release on 20 February 2012.
In August 2012, the band announced that touring keyboardist
Martin "Dok" Doherty would no longer be performing with the band, stating "
nend of an era as our next two gigs will be Dok's last with the band. One of our best friends and one of the most talented people we know!
..Been a pleasure and a privilege to share the stage, be on the road
ndhave many a drunken night in foreign lands over the past five years with you, Dok."
Later that month, Doherty's replacement was revealed to be Brendan Smith, previously of the bands Julia Thirteen and
The Unwinding Hours
The Unwinding Hours were a Scottish alternative rock band formed in 2008 by former Aereogramme members Craig B. and Iain Cook. The band released their self-titled debut album on 15 February 2010 and ''Afterlives'' in 2012, as well as several ...
.
Regarding the band's line-up changes over the past six years, James Graham noted, "The good thing about the line up changes is that we all remain friends with each other and when someone has left it's been for a good reason and the right choice for them. We've lucked out with Johnny
ochertyand Brendan who are maniacs in the best possible way, but they are also brilliant musicians as were Dok and Craig
rzeland they all put the likes of me to shame."
Doherty left the band to further pursue his electropop project
Chvrches
Chvrches (stylised CHVRCHΞS and pronounced "Churches") are a Scottish pop band from Glasgow, formed in September 2011. The band consists of Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook, Martin Doherty and, unofficially since 2018, Jonny Scott. Mostly deriving f ...
with former
Aereogramme
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guitarist
Iain Cook
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and singer
Lauren Mayberry
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In Chvrches, Mayberry co-writes and co-produces the songs with Iain Cook and Ma ...
.
Along with nationwide tours of the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as European festivals during the summer and a headlining gig at
Barrowland Ballroom in December, the band released a collection of remixes entitled ''
No One Can Ever Know: The Remixes'' in November 2012.
In December 2013, The Twilight Sad and ''The Skinny'' released a free digital download single and video of the band performing "The Wrong Car" with the
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
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, recorded live at
Paisley Abbey
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in October 2013.
''Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave'' (2013–2015)
The Twilight Sad performed their debut album ''
Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters'' in its entirety for the first time in December 2013,
with further UK dates performing the full album in April and May 2014.
The tour dates coincided with the release of a deluxe edition reissue of the debut album, with bonus tracks including demos and rarities, released on
Record Store Day
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2014.
The band began working on tracks for their fourth album in late 2012,
with recording sessions at
Mogwai
Mogwai () are a Scottish post-rock band, formed in 1995 in Glasgow. The band consists of Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals), Barry Burns (guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar), and Martin Bulloch (drums). Mogw ...
's
Castle of Doom Studios
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Overview
It has been used by such artists as Mogwai, Malcolm Middleton, The Magnificents, Belle & Sebastian, Dirty P ...
in
Glasgow
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beginning in January 2014. On 12 August 2014, the band announced via their official website,
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, and
Instagram
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pages that the new album, entitled ''
Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave
''Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave'' is the fourth studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad, released by FatCat Records on 27 October 2014. The album was released to overwhelmingly positive reviews, with Allmusi ...
'', would be released on 27 October 2014.
The announcement was accompanied by a 1-minute teaser video trailer on the band's website,
followed by a posting of the album's opening track "There's a Girl in the Corner" on ''
Vice
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'' magazine's ''Noisey'' blog on 18 August 2014.
In an interview with
Contactmusic.com
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, guitarist/producer Andy MacFarlane explained that with ''Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave'', the band aimed to capture all the different forms their music has taken over the years, from "full on noise/feedback, to a sparse, synth led sound, to a stripped back set up with just keys, drum machine and guitar, to playing with an orchestra, and to just an acoustic with vocal."
The album produced three singles; the first single, "Last January", was released as a digital download on 15 September 2014; second single "I Could Give You All That You Don't Want" was released as a double A-side 7" vinyl single with the exclusive track "The Airport" on 9 February 2015; and third single "It Never Was the Same" was released on 29 June 2015 as a 7" vinyl single, featuring the exclusive version of "There's a Girl in the Corner" as covered by
Robert Smith of
The Cure
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. Additionally, a limited edition 6-song EP entitled ''
Òran Mór Session'', featuring stripped-down versions of songs from ''Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave'', was self-released by the band in October 2014, then expanded to 9 songs and given a wider release by Fat Cat Records in October 2015.
The band embarked on a North American tour supporting
We Were Promised Jetpacks
We Were Promised Jetpacks are a Scottish indie rock band originally from Edinburgh, formed in 2003. The band consists of Adam Thompson (vocals, guitar), Sean Smith (bass) and Darren Lackie (drums). Stuart McGachan (keyboards, guitar) was a mem ...
in October and November 2014, with two dates performing ''Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters'' in its entirety at
Rough Trade in
New York City
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and
The Empty Bottle
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in
Chicago
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The band toured the United Kingdom in December 2014 and January 2015, including a date performing at
Edinburgh
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's
Hogmanay
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Celebration on New Year's Eve, then returned to the United States in February/March 2015. Further tour dates across Europe and festival appearances followed throughout summer 2015,
culminating with UK and European tour dates as the supporting act for
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in October and November 2015,
and a headlining performance at
Barrowland Ballroom in mid-December.
Touring with The Cure, Devine's departure and ''It Won/t Be Like This All the Time'' (2016–present)
Prior to recording ''Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave'', the band was considering calling it quits until a major revitalisation occurred. In addition to the warm critical response the band received for their fourth album, The Twilight Sad was chosen by
Robert Smith to be the supporting act for
The Cure
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on their May/June 2016 North American tour, which included three nights at the
Hollywood Bowl
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The Hollywood Bowl is known for its distin ...
in
Los Angeles
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and three nights at
Madison Square Garden
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in
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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,
and continued to support The Cure on their October–December 2016 European tour, which included three nights at
London
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's
Wembley Arena
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as well as dates in
Berlin
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,
Rome
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,
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,
Barcelona
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, and
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.
On 22 January 2018, the band announced via social media that drummer Mark Devine had amicably left the band. The band's new touring drummer, Sebastien Schultz, joined shortly thereafter.
In June 2018, the band played their first shows for 18 months at the
Primavera Sound
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festival.
Following this, on 16 June they played their first UK headlining show since 2015 at the
Brudenell Social Club
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in Leeds,
and appeared at The Cure's
Hyde Park
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show on 7 July.
During these shows they premiered three new songs - "The Arbor", "VTr" and "Shooting Dennis Hopper Shooting"
- as well as playing a cover of
Frightened Rabbit's "Keep Yourself Warm" in tribute to close friend
Scott Hutchison
Scott John Hutchison (20 November 1981 – 9 May 2018) was a Scottish singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist. He was the founding member and primary songwriter of the indie rock band Frightened Rabbit, with whom he recorded five studio albums ...
, who had died in May; the song was to remain in their setlists
with Graham stating "we have a duty and responsibility to keep Scott’s music and keep sharing it. When we’re around touring, we need to tell people about him.”
In an interview with ''
NME
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'', posted on 9 July 2018, Andy MacFarlane stated that the band's fifth studio album is "finished", with a tentative release date of January 2019.
MacFarlane said, "It all came together really well. To me, it's like a different band almost. I did a stupid thing of writing loads of music, then giving it to James to write stuff over, then I deleted all the music. So then I wrote another album under it... I think we just needed to shake up the routine. One of our mates bought us those
Brian Eno
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Oblique Strategy cards. I picked one out and it was like 'delete everything, must try harder, don't tell James'. The aim was to try and do stuff that we'd enjoy playing live, to make it more interesting for ourselves as well as everyone else."
In the same interview, James Graham discussed the album's lyrics and themes, describing them as "heavier": "It's all pretty full on but there's some lighter shades and some hope on there. The first song that we're going to come back with epitomises the record. It's got really noisy guitars but it's pretty melodic. I think it's the next stage of who we're meant to be. ...I won't say exactly what it's dealing with
yricallybecause a lot of it might be quite obvious, but I'm not hiding behind a lot of metaphors anymore. I've done that, what's the point in trying to do it again? I'm really proud of our lyrics in the past but this is just what came out. I don't need to hide behind anything any more. It's a bit of a leap to just go 'this is actually how I'm feeling.' I think now is the time to just be more open and honest with people. For myself it was important to say these things, but when it was done it was great to share it's okay to feel that way."
On 10 July 2018, the band announced that they had signed to
Mogwai
Mogwai () are a Scottish post-rock band, formed in 1995 in Glasgow. The band consists of Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals), Barry Burns (guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar), and Martin Bulloch (drums). Mogw ...
's label
Rock Action Records
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and released their new single, stylised as "I/m Not Here
issing face, for streaming and as a digital download. The release coincided with an announcement of late 2018 tour dates in North America and Europe.
On 5 September, the band announced that their fifth studio album, titled and stylised as ''
It Won/t Be Like This All the Time
''It Won/t Be Like This All the Time'' (stylized in all caps) is the fifth studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad, released by Rock Action Records on 18 January 2019. The album is the band's first studio album on Rock Action (t ...
'', would be released on 18 January 2019. The first proper single, "Videograms", preceded the album on 26 October 2018. A third song lifted from the album, "VTr", was made available for download and streaming on 13 November 2018. The album was released to critical acclaim,
including perfect scores from ''
Drowned in Sound
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History
''D ...
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and ''
The Skinny''.
In November 2019 the band played a short UK tour of larger venues, at London's
Kentish Town Forum
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, Manchester's
O2 Ritz
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and Edinburgh's
Usher Hall
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, the shows being professionally recorded. In 2020, two shows were planned in quadrophonic sound at Glasgow's
Barrowland Ballroom, but those were postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Instead, on what would have been the day of the first show, the band released a live album, ''
It Won/t Be Like This All the Time Live'', for download via Bandcamp on a pay-what-you-like basis,
and on 17 April, the night of the second Glasgow show, fans were invited to take part in a listening party on
Twitter
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, hosted by
Tim Burgess. Graham said: "... we were supposed to be playing our second night at the famous Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom ... Let's pretend we're all at the gig together. All five of us will be taking part and sharing memories from past gigs, sharing thoughts on playing live and many other things".
The Barrowland gigs finally took place in April 2022, with
Mogwai
Mogwai () are a Scottish post-rock band, formed in 1995 in Glasgow. The band consists of Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals), Barry Burns (guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar), and Martin Bulloch (drums). Mogw ...
's Alex Mackay stepping in for MacFarlane and
Grant Hutchison
Grant Hutchison (born 13 June 1984) is a Scottish drummer and percussionist. He is best known as the drummer of the indie rock band Frightened Rabbit, with whom he recorded five studio albums. In 2022, Hutchison joined The Twilight Sad after a f ...
for Schultz.
Hutchison played with the band at further gigs in 2022, and in September announced on his Instagram account that he has fully joined The Twilight Sad, though the band did not also make an official statement about the changing of members. In October, the band embarked on a two-month European tour, once more as The Cure's support act.
Music style and influences
When asked to describe their debut album, Graham said the band likes to see their songs as "
folk
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with layers of noise", as they are based on experiences that have happened to them, around their hometowns or people they know.
They often cite the works of
Daniel Johnston
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,
Serge Gainsbourg
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,
Phil Spector
Harvey Phillip Spector (born Harvey Philip Spector; December 26, 1939January 16, 2021) was an American record producer and songwriter, best known for his innovative recording practices and entrepreneurship in the 1960s, followed decades later by ...
,
Arab Strap
Arab Strap are a Scottish indie rock band whose core members are Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton. The band were signed to independent record label Chemikal Underground, split in 2006 and reformed in 2016. The band signed to Rock Action Rec ...
, and
Leonard Cohen
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as influences.
Graham lists the 2003 Arab Strap album ''
Monday at the Hug & Pint
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'' amongst his favourite releases of the 2000s, stating that it was "the first Arab Strap album that I ever listened to... For me it was the first record that I realized it was OK to sing in your own
accent.
Aidan ">offatis one of the best lyricists of the past two decades!"
Graham also cites
Arcade Fire
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's debut album ''
Funeral
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'' as a key influence. In a 2015 feature with ''
Clash'' magazine, he said, "It was around the time that Andy
acFarlanehad been saying to me that he wanted me to write some songs with him, and it was also around the time that I finally knew what I wanted to write about. Without this record I don't know if I'd have approached our debut album in the way that I did. ''Funeral'' had a massive influence on my songwriting style and the way in which I approach writing songs. The way in which the storytelling within the song develops as the track progresses, the power of repeating the same line within a song and the different ways to deliver the line to give it different meanings... ''Funeral'' is an album that will stay with me for the rest of my life and will always influence the music I write."
Graham also mentions his liking for bands such as
Joy Division
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Sumner and Hook formed the band after attend ...
. By the time of their third album, the band began exploring
post-punk
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and
krautrock
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Experimental rock, also called avant-rock, is a subgenre of rock music that pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments ...
facets of their influences, with MacFarlane citing artists such as
PiL,
Siouxsie and the Banshees
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,
Can,
Cabaret Voltaire and
Wire
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as key inspirations.
In an October 2009 interview with ''
The Fly'', they admitted, "We are still at the stage where we don't really know where we are in this whole music industry thing. We know people like us, but we don't really know where we fit in or, if we go to certain places, up or not.
..It's not like we're a stadium band. We're not a lads band, like
Oasis
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The location of oases has been of critical imp ...
or something. We're not a scenestery band, and yet we're not a pure experimental band either. Obviously we're noisy and stuff, but we write proper songs as well."
Where the band's recorded sound is layered with many melodies, their live sound is a more intense experience with a more visceral wall of noise, something the band wanted to do all along.
Graham stated, "We like having the contrast between the record and playing live. There are a lot more instruments on the record. There's only four of us in the band, so we have to keep it as simple as possible. I don't know about you, but I don't like going to see a band that sounds just like their album. That's what we try not to do."
In a 2014 interview with Jazz Monroe of ''
The Skinny'', James Graham commented on the misconception of the band's "disturbed reputation" pertaining to his lyrics, as well as designer Dave "DLT" Thomas' "darkly suggestive" artwork. Monroe wrote, "There's a misconception that James himself had a difficult childhood; in fact, ''The Skinny'' has it on good authority that the Grahams are proud, attendant fans at many of their gigs." Graham elaborated that, "My mum and dad are actually the biggest supporters of our band. The songs aren’t about me having a really bad childhood; it’s about, from the outside, looking in at other people in my community. And the shite that happened to my family – not in my family. It's about other dickheads influencing our lives, whether or not they realise. Writing these songs is about making people feel things they wouldn't usually feel, things they're scared to feel – loss, anger, depression. To write a love song for somebody would probably be the hardest thing. I've never done that."
Side projects and collaborations
Guitarist Andy MacFarlane composed the song "The Weath-er Is Bad" for Semiconductor Films' short film ''Brilliant Noise'', a film pieced together from archive
NASA
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footage of the sun's surface.
The song was later included on the ''
Killed My Parents and Hit the Road'' compilation. MacFarlane also provided a remix of
Errors' song "Bridge or Cloud?" in January 2010, which was posted as a free download on ''
NME
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s website.
In February 2011, MacFarlane provided a remix of Fat Cat labelmate
Ensemble
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's track "Before Night", which was posted as a "song of the day" on The Line of Best Fit's website.
Singer James Graham appears on the live album ''
Quietly Now!'' by fellow Scottish band
Frightened Rabbit
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, providing additional vocals on the track "Keep Yourself Warm". In 2011, Graham appeared as a guest vocalist and songwriter on the album ''First Edition'' by
The Fruit Tree Foundation
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, a
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collaboration of Scottish musicians headed by
Rod Jones Rod Jones may refer to:
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*Rod Jones (offensive lineman) (born 1974), American football tackle in the National Football League
...
and
Emma Pollock
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for the benefit of the
Mental Health Foundation for Scotland.
In 2015, Graham participated in
Aidan Moffat
Aidan John Moffat (born 10 April 1973) is a Scottish vocalist and musician, and member of the band Arab Strap.
Early life
Moffat was born and raised in Falkirk, Scotland. The first album he bought was ''Elvis Sings for Kids'' by Elvis Presley. ...
's backing band during Moffat's UK tour performing Scottish folk songs. The tour was part of the documentary film ''Where You're Meant to Be'', which was released the following year. In 2016, Graham featured as a guest vocalist with supergroup
Minor Victories
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on their song "Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard)". The track appeared on
Minor Victories' self-titled album.
In 2017, Graham co-founded the band Out Lines, with fellow musicians
Kathryn Joseph
Kathryn Joseph (born Kathryn Emma Sawers) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. Her debut album ''Bones You Have Thrown Me and Blood I've Spilled'' won the 2015 Scottish Album of the Year Award.
In 2016, Joseph appeared on RM Hubbert's c ...
and Marcus Mackay. Out Lines's debut album, ''Conflats'', was released on 27 October 2017 via
Rock Action Records
Rock Action Records is a Scottish, Glasgow-based independent record label, founded and maintained by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai. The label has showcased such diverse talents as Part Chimp, Errors, Chris Brokaw, Trout, The James Orr Complex ...
, Mogwai's label, where Graham had also worked outside his Twilight Sad duties.
In 2022, Graham and Moffat released ''These Actions Cannot Be Undone'', a collaborative album under the name Gentle Sinners, on Rock Action Records.
Under the name Orzelda, former bassist Craig Orzel released a solo album, ''The Wee Shop Is Filled with Delights'', in 2008, with the EPs ''My Dress Up'' and ''Spiders'' following in 2010.
Members
Current members
*James Alexander Graham – vocals
(2003–present)
*Andy MacFarlane – guitar, programming, production
(2003–present)
*Johnny Docherty – bass guitar
(2010–present)
*Brendan Smith – keyboards
(2012–present)
*
Grant Hutchison
Grant Hutchison (born 13 June 1984) is a Scottish drummer and percussionist. He is best known as the drummer of the indie rock band Frightened Rabbit, with whom he recorded five studio albums. In 2022, Hutchison joined The Twilight Sad after a f ...
- drums
(2022–present)
Former members
*Craig Orzel – bass guitar
(2003–2010)
*Mark Devine – drums, programming
(2003–2018)
*
Martin Doherty
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– keyboards, guitar (live); strings (studio)
(2008–2012)
*Sebastien Schultz – drums
(2018–2022)
Timeline
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Discography
;Studio albums
* ''
Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters'' (2007)
* ''
Forget the Night Ahead
''Forget the Night Ahead'' is the second studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad, released by FatCat Records on 22 September 2009 in the US, and on 5 October 2009 in the UK. The album was produced by guitarist Andy MacFarlane ...
'' (2009)
* ''
No One Can Ever Know
''No One Can Ever Know'' is the third studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad, released by FatCat Records on 6 February 2012 in the UK, and a day later in the US. The album was produced by the band with assistance and advice ...
'' (2012)
* ''
Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave
''Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave'' is the fourth studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad, released by FatCat Records on 27 October 2014. The album was released to overwhelmingly positive reviews, with Allmusi ...
'' (2014)
* ''
It Won/t Be Like This All the Time
''It Won/t Be Like This All the Time'' (stylized in all caps) is the fifth studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad, released by Rock Action Records on 18 January 2019. The album is the band's first studio album on Rock Action (t ...
'' (2019)
References
External links
The Twilight Sad's official websiteThe Wrong Car – The Definitive Twilight Sad Fansite
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Scottish rock music groups
Scottish indie rock groups
Scottish alternative rock groups
Shoegazing musical groups
Post-punk revival music groups
Musical groups established in 2003
FatCat Records artists
Rock Action Records artists
People from Kilsyth