The Twilight Sad

Podcast

2011-11-08T08:34:00.000-08:00

Click here to download a new Podcast by Andy.

2011-07-12T10:41:00.000-07:00

SXSW festival documentary featuring us! See us about 25 min in and then watch James choke on hot sauce.

Northern Lights Fest Canceled.

2011-07-08T13:44:00.000-07:00

We regret to announce that Northern Lights Fest has been canceled. We're a bit in the dark on the details and will hopefully bring some clarity shortly. If you've purchased tickets please contact the vendor directly for a refund.

Sincerely,

The Twilight Sad

FAT CAT LABEL TOUR!

2011-06-15T10:40:00.001-07:00

Heya

We're happy to announce we'll be joining labelmates, We Were Promised Jetpacks and Mazes, this coming Sep for a few continental Europe shows. Dates are as follows, we'll be on after Mazes and before Jetpacks.

Sep 16 Paris, Flech d'Or
Sep 17 Amsterdam, Paradiso
Sep 18 Hamburg, Molotow
Sep 19 Berlin, Lido
Sep 20 Cologne, Gebaude 9
Sep 21 Brussels, Botanique Rotonde

For ticket links and more info click on Shows/Tour Dates in the upper right corner of this blog of CLICK HERE and find the dates on Facebook.

More news soon...

Cheers

Band

Acuzi Videos from the EP

2011-05-06T07:28:00.000-07:00

Hit The North

2011-04-29T07:51:00.000-07:00

We will be playing the Live at Leeds Festival
on Saturday in the Leeds Met Student Union at 8:30pm

and The Sounds From Another City Festival on Sunday in
St. Phillips Church at 10pm

The Return of Emily

2011-04-27T06:27:00.000-07:00

Hi

So not much has been happening recently apart from us working away behind the scenes on album related things. Also started to put plans together for our touring schedule later in the year, so hopefully we'll be visiting old favourites and new places on our travels.

Andy and I did a wee impromptu acoustic set at the weekend and played a song we've not played in a long long time, here is a video of that said performance below

We're back playing this weekend in Leeds and Manchester. The last time we played was at SXSW so we're all looking forward to getting back on the gig horse. I plan on seeing a few bands as well as both gigs are festivals. I hope I can catch a bit of Aidan Moffat's gig in Manchester but our set times are quite close together and we're playing different venues, fingers crossed though.

We are confirmed for a great festival called 2000 Trees and we're really looking forward to it as the line up contains some great bands and some old friends of ours.

Anyways not much else to report. More pish from me next week

Listening = Mogwai, Burial, Fuck Buttons, Micah P Hinson, Kraftwerk

Watching = I went to see Thor on Monday and loved it! Masterchef the Final 3, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, The Football

Not watching = Anything related to the Royal wedding!

Reading = The Return of The Black Lanterns

Hope all is well

James

p.s my cat is doing ok but is a regular at the local vet :(

POLY STYRENE

2011-04-26T03:00:00.000-07:00

Easter Erickson

2011-04-23T05:22:00.000-07:00

Acoustic Set

2011-04-23T04:11:00.001-07:00

James and Andy will be playing a short acoustic set tonight around 7:30pm, upstairs in the Captains Rest in Glasgow.

photo by Home Slice Pizza

Ups, Downs, Onwards and Upwards

2011-04-19T19:46:00.000-07:00

Hi

So this is my 2nd attempt at a blog... here we go!

What I thought was going to be a boring week turned into a pretty busy one. It featured meetings, cinema, Record Store Day, seeing old friends and receiving what is one of my favourite albums this year.

Last week Alex and Tom from our record label came up to Glasgow to talk about a plan for our new record. We met up early on Thursday and talked for over 2 hours and came up with some great ideas that may take a little more time to implement but will make this next album campaign a lot more interesting and creative than previous album campaigns. Came out the meeting feeling good and excited plus I really think all our ideas will benefit us as a band and fans of our band. Also I must add that Tom was wearing a rather fetching knitted jumper that featured lots of White sheep and one solitary black one. An old woman interruppted our meeting to tell him how much she liked it.

I had nothing to do the rest of the afternoon so I went to the cinema. I have literally seen everything on in the cinema apart from Sucker Punch, so I decided to give it a go. I liked what the director Zack Snyder had done with The Watchmen and I'm pretty excited for what he does with the new Superman film, so I thought I'd give it a go. I was asked what I thought of the film by a friend and my reaction was "it's a riduclous hard-on of a film which makes no sense". The cinema was full of young boys running too and from the toilet after any scene with half naked woman in it(which is the whole film), I wonder what they were doing? Must have been all that fizzy pop they were drinking ;)

Anyways, after that I went to see a band called Pro Life which features our own Johhny Docherty on guitar. The band asked Dok and I to DJ Inbetween bands and after, so we did, and played awful, awfully good songs. The band were great, you should definitely give them a listen or go to one of their gigs if you get the chance.

Last Saturday was record store day and its the first year that we have released something on this fine day. Our release was pretty special as it was a split cassette with our good friends Frightened Rabbit. I decided that I'd go down to mono to see The Rabbits play an instore. I got there about 4pm and Scott asked me if I wanted to sing "be less rude" with them, I said yes but changed the lyrics to "Ravishing Rick Rude" as that's what our cover of that song is called which is on the split cassette. I had a great time. I had spent the morning online looking at all the Record Store day activity and it was great to see so many people out supporting it. It was also great once again to see que's outside our favourite record stores :) I really hope we can do something special for it next year.

Last week Mr Aidan Moffat gave me a copy of his new record with Bill Wells which is called "Everything's Getting Older". This record is amazing! As I've said in countless interviews Arab Strap,Malcolm Middleton's and Aidan's solo material Have been a big influence on me. This record is definitely one of my favourites this year, I highly reccomened you pick it up when it's out. He's also playing the same festival as us in Manchester next week so hopefully we can catch each others gigs.

Anyways thats enough pish from me, till next time

Listening = Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat, Radiohead, Panda Bear, Haushka, Lykke Li, The Late Cord

Watching = Great British Menu, Game of Thrones, Tron, The Walking Dead, The American Office, Diners Drive Inns and Dives

Reading = The Internet and Danielle Steel novels

James

Check out James on Twitter @thetwilightsad
Don't miss out seeing The Twilight Sad live, for dates click HERE
(These last bits added by Management!)

A Three Way With Iggy Stooge

2011-04-16T13:19:00.000-07:00

Record Store Day

2011-04-16T04:12:00.000-07:00

Seen as it's Record Store Day I'll start flingin up videos, mp3s,

playlists an what not, old recordings and old pictures i can find.

Good false start.

Andy

The Twilight Sad Play Northen Lights Festival, Scotland

2011-04-16T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hey all

The Twilight Sad have been added to Northern Lights Festival on the main stage.

Northern Lights Music Festival
Seaton Park, Aberdeen
Saturday 30th July and Sunday 31st July

Online – http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Phone - 01224 619930 / 01224 625005 / 08444 999 990
In Person - Café Drummond and the Cavern Record Shop, Belmont Street, Aberdeen.

Video of The Year Award Nomination

2011-04-15T06:48:00.000-07:00

We've just been nominated for Video of The Year at the Scottish New Music Awards. Check it...

The Waiting Game

2011-04-12T13:36:00.001-07:00

Hi

So this is my first time doing this blog type thing, so bare with me if it takes a few times to get the hang of it. I'll start off with a wee update on our new record, it's nearly finished. We're just putting the final touches to it and sorting out all the fun stuff like artwork/title etc. I'm pretty excited to say the least, got a few surprises up our sleeves with this one. Hopefully we'll be able to announce a release date in the coming weeks/month and let everyone hear something from the record. I'll let you know as soon as I can.

I'm just going to treat this blog like a diary type thing saying what myself and the rest of the band are up to. I'm sure it will get a lot better as the album campaign gets under way and we get back on the road. Also feel free to recommend film/books/music/comics/food to me in the comments bit below, I always like to discover new things.

I've been a bit of a hermit recently due to looking after my poor wee cat Sooty who you see singing into my microphone in the picture above.he's a poor old cat(19 years old) and spent the weekend at the vet after an operation. I did go out last week though to the Take A Worm for A Walk Week album launch, which Dok and I were DJing at. We were told by the band to play the most horrible music possible so we did. The gig was great and I highly recommend you get their new record as it's grand. Apart from that I watched a lot of shite television.

I'll try and post something this time next week. Until then here's what I have been watching,reading and listening to.

Listening to = Radiohead,Take A Worm for A Walk Week,Errors,Emeralds,Wild Beasts,PJ Harvey,New The Twilight Sad mixes

Watched = Source Code,Donnie Darko,Limitless,BBC4 Krautrock Documentary,Masterchef,The American Office,Boardwalk Empire

Read = The Dark Knight Returns, The Dark Avengers

Drank = a lot of Yali red wine(most classy thing I drink)

James

P.S my spelling and grammar is pretty awful

Live Dates and Record Store Day

2011-04-07T06:59:00.000-07:00

Heya,

We're happy to announce that we've been added to the bill at Rockness for Sunday, June 12. Lots of great bands on the bill. More info HERE and if you're looking for tickets a quick link HERE. We'll also be headlining our own gig down in Preston at The Mad Ferret on July 15. Ticket link HERE. Please be on the lookout for more dates coming soon. Late spring/summer are shaping up and we hope to see you near your home soon enough.

ALSO...

Just in time for record store day we are pleased to announce the release of our split cassette with label mates Frightened Rabbit. It's a limited edition of 777 (make that 776, our Manager snagged one already). More info on the release was very well typed out by our Fat Cat record homies and can be read in full HERE. In short, never before heard demos and a cover of a Frightened Rabbit song from before we were even really friends. Please call and visit your local record store to try and track this one down.

Please, "like" us on our official facebook page (not the fake ones) HERE.

Cheers

Band

MERCHANDISE

2010-09-09T09:33:00.000-07:00

BUY THE TWILIGHT SAD MERCH

HERE - http://thetwilightsad.bigcartel.com/

ABC Pictures

2010-04-09T07:32:00.000-07:00

ABC Setlist

2010-04-05T05:03:00.000-07:00

Floorboards Under The Bed

Reflection of the Television

Walking For Two Hours

That Birthday Present

Seven Years of Letters

Made to Disappear

That Summer, At Home I Had Become The Invisible Boy

I Became a Prostitute

The Room

Interrupted

And She Would Darken the Memory

I'm Taking the Train Home

Cold Days from the Birdhouse

Glasgow ABC

2010-04-05T03:23:00.000-07:00

photos by David McIntyre

UK TOUR STARTS ON WEDNESDAY

2010-03-20T07:34:00.000-07:00

March

24th London, Garage

25th Manchester, Ruby Lounge

26th Oxford, Jericho

27th Sheffield, Harley

April

1st Aberdeen, Warehouse

2nd Glasgow ABC (Quadraphonic Gig)

Huxley's Neue Welt, Berlin

2010-03-15T15:57:00.001-07:00

Aquarius, Zagreb

2010-03-15T15:38:00.000-07:00

Live At Leeds

2010-03-15T06:10:00.000-07:00

We will be playing the Live At Leeds festival

on the 2nd May at 1pm in the Brudenell Social Club.

Buy Vinyl & Cds

2010-03-12T07:23:00.001-08:00

Click Here To Buy Vinyls & CDs

'The Room' Date Change

2010-03-05T06:55:00.000-08:00

The Room 7" & Download

will now be released on 5th April.

Although, it will be available to buy on our upcoming UK tour.

March

24th London, Garage

25th Manchester, Ruby Lounge

26th Oxford, Jericho

27th Sheffield, Harley

April

1st Aberdeen, Warehouse

2nd Glasgow ABC (Quadraphonic Gig)

Biffy Clyro Support

2010-03-01T07:04:00.000-08:00

We will be supporting Biffy Clyro on their

upcoming UK tour.

29th April - Concert Hall, Perth

30th April - Academy, Sheffield

1st May - Empress Ballroom, Blackpool

3rd May - De Montford Hall, Leicester

4th May - Guildhall, Portsmouth

5th May - Colston Hall, Bristol

6th May - Hammersmith Apollo, London

North America Tour with MONO

2010-03-01T00:45:00.000-08:00

We will be touring North America with MONO

starting in May.

07 May - El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles CA
08 May - Slim's, San Francisco CA
10 May - Berbati's Pan, Portland OR
11 May - Neumo's, Seattle WA
12 May - Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver British Columbia
14 May - Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City UT
15 May - Bluebird Theatre, Denver CO
17 May - The Waiting Room, Omaha NE
18 May - Vaudeville Mews, Des Moines IA
19 May - Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis MN
20 May - High Noon Saloon, Madison WI
21 May - Turner Hall, Milwaukee WI
22 May - Lincoln Hall, Chicago IL
23 May - Magic Stick, Detroit MI
24 May - Grog Shop, Cleveland OH
25 May - Brillobox, Pittsburgh PA
26 May - Lee's Palace, Toronto Ontario
27 May - La Sala Rossa, Montreal Quebec
28 May - The Middle East, Cambridge MA
29 May - Daniel Street Club, Milford CT
30 May - Bowery Ballroom, New York NY
01 Jun - First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia PA
02 Jun - 9:30 Club, Washington DC
04 Jun - North State Sound, Durham NC
05 Jun - The Masquerade, Atlanta GA
07 Jun - Exit/In, Nashville TN
09 Jun - Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge LA

'The Room' Video

2010-02-25T05:34:00.000-08:00

Directed by Nicola Collins

vivre sa vie

2010-02-22T10:57:00.000-08:00

MERCHANDISE

2010-02-18T04:14:00.000-08:00

Go to our Merchandise Page (Click HERE) to buy Bags & T-Shirts.

'Killed My Parents.....' T-Shirt now available in Girls Sizes.

The Room Press Release

2010-02-16T06:05:00.000-08:00

The Twilight Sad release a new single ‘The Room’, from their hugely acclaimed ‘Forget The Night Ahead’ sophomore album through FatCat on 29th March.

Beautiful but foreboding, The Room is in part inspired by Hubert Selby Jr’s (Last Exit To Brooklyn, Requiem For A Dream) second novel 'The Room' and the accompanying video - featuring David Lynch’s grand-daughter - was shot and directed in LA by Nicola Collins, who helmed the documentary 'The End'.

Built around an insistent thumping drum and descending piano refrain, Andy MacFarlane’s distinctive overdriven tremolo pushes the song toward an overpowering climax, James Graham’s bruising Caledonian burr framing a subtle and unsettling lyric. My Latest Novel’s Laura McFarlane also guests on the track, playing violin.

Early versions of ‘The Room’ and b-side ‘The Neighbours Can’t Breathe’ originally appeared as ‘Untitled #27’ and ‘Untitled #28’ respectively on the 2008 compilation ‘The Twilight Sad Killed My Parents And Hit The Road’.

Produced and mixed by ex-Delgados’ man Paul Savage and guitarist MacFarlane at the legendary Chem19 Studios in Glasgow, latest album Forget The Night Ahead is darker set even than it’s hallowed predecessor Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters, it’s cacophony broadening to incorporate the band’s most melodic and also most thrillingly discordant moments yet, the influence of artists like early 80’s Cure, Neu, Wire or Shellac as evident as longer-standing comparisons to MBV or Joy Division.

“We have definitely moved on from ‘Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters’, musically and lyrically," says MacFarlane. “It is a step forward from the first record, the song writing and the sound of the band has moved on from that time, which is something we'll always try and do, we don't want to ever stand still and make records that sound like each other.”

UK Support

2010-02-15T01:13:00.000-08:00

The support band on the upcoming UK tour is

Take a Worm For a Walk Week.

The Unwinding Hours will also be supporting at the ABC in Glasgow.

March

24th London, Garage

25th Manchester, Ruby Lounge

26th Oxford, Jericho

27th Sheffield, Harley

April

1st Aberdeen, Warehouse

2nd Glasgow ABC (Quadraphonic Gig)

Spotify Playlist VI

2010-02-12T06:05:00.001-08:00

Click here - playlist VI

1. The Beach Boys - 'Til I Die (alternate mix)

2. The Silver Apples - Lovefingers

3. Arab Strap - Love Detective

4. Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin - 69 Année Erotique

5. The United States of America - The Garden of Earthly Delights

6. Amon Duul II - Burning Sister

7. The Fall - Overture from 'I Am Curious, Orange'

8. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Red Over White (live)

9. Aidan Baker and Tim Hecker - Dream of the Nightmare

10. Tom Verlaine - Postcard from Waterloo

11. Shonen Knife - Explosion!

12. Loscil - Union Dusk

13. The Stooges - Dirt

14. Steve Reich - Come Out

Previous playlists-

Quadraphonic Gig

2010-02-10T08:42:00.000-08:00

Our gig at the O2 ABC in Glasgow on the 2nd April,

will be in true Quadraphonic sound.

An extra PA will be placed at the back of the room in addition to the PA at the front.

Support will be from The Unwinding Hours.

buy tickets here

UK Dates

2010-02-08T09:23:00.000-08:00

March

24th London, Garage

25th Manchester, Ruby Lounge

26th Oxford, Jericho

27th Sheffield, Harley

April

1st Aberdeen, Warehouse

2nd Glasgow ABC

Orzel

2010-02-08T07:29:00.000-08:00

We are sad to say Orzel has decided to leave the band. He has been in the band from the beginning, and has lasted more tours with us than what most people would have put up with. here's a letter he wrote -

My Name is Craig.

After a particularly heavy night out which resulted in me waking up

baw deep in a granny I have decided to leave The Twilight Sad.

It's been lots of fun but I feel that this is a good time to end it.
Over the last couople of months I have been looking to do different
things with my life and the full time commitment that The Sad demands
is something I can't satisfy any longer. There has been lots of good
times and I leave with no animosity between me and the other three.

Cheers to all the people who have helped me along the way in my time
in The Sad (6/7 years!), it's been well wicked.

-OO-

We will continue touring with a new line up starting in March.

the room

2010-02-07T06:54:00.000-08:00

the room 7" will be released on the 29th March.

the b-side will be an acoustic version of 'the neighbours can't breathe'.