The Twilight Sad

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The Twilight Sad are an indie rock band from Kilsyth, Scotland formed in late 2003. The band is composed of James Alexander Graham (vocals), Andy MacFarlane (guitar/keyboards) and Mark Devine (drums). They have released five full-length albums: Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters (2007), Forget The Night Ahead (2009), No One Can Ever Know (2012), Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave (2014) and It Won/t Be Like This All the Time (2019). Where their debut album mixed post-rock and post-punk with heavily delayed shoegaze guitars and folk elements, their second album is more influenced by early krautrock. The band experienced a stylistic shift on their third album that replaced the wall of sound with analog synths in a new wave style. The band started up by playing a couple of gigs at the 13th Note in Glasgow, creating half hour-long pieces of music using guitars, bass, drums, theremin, tape loops from films and old folk/country songs, effects pedals, toy keyboards, thumb pianos, saws, computer games, and a lot of noise, in an attempt to try and discover a sound they could call their own and continue to develop. After these two shows, they rejected many gig offers, and became a more reclusive unit, spending any spare time they had in the studio focused on writing and sculpting away at new material. In September 2005, they produced a 4-song demo with a 24-track desk, trying to get the best representation as possible, sent it over to Brighton-based Fat Cat Records. Alex Knight, co-founder of the label, went to Glasgow to watch the band perform their third gig and signed them on the spot. In November 2006, they made their first official release with The Twilight Sad, a US-only EP that helped bring attention to the band, as well as performances at CMJ '06 and SXSW '07 Festivals. Their debut album, Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters, was recorded over a short period of three days and featured the first songs the band had ever created. It received good critical reception from the independent music media and turned the band into a reference point for the up-and-coming scottish indie scene at the time. Where the band’s recorded sound is layered with many melodies, their live sound is a more intense experience which replaces the intricacies of the recordings with a more visceral wall of sound, which is something the band intended to do all along. In June 2008, they released the Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did EP, which included off-the-cuff reworkings of songs from the debut album, alongside the title track and a cover of Daniel Johnston, an artist they've cited as one of their main influences. The idea came about after the band played at London's Union Chapel, a venue with noise restrictions that forced them to perform with a more basic line-up of a fan organ, glockenspiel and percussion. During this time, the band recruited Martin "Dok" Docherty (formerly of Aereogramme) to play keyboards and additional guitar during the live shows. At the end of 2008, they released Killed My Parents and Hit the Road, a compilation to help fund their tour with fellow scots Mogwai. It consisted of live recordings, acoustic tracks, previously unreleased material, new demos and covers, which included The Smiths, Joy Division and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Their second album, Forget The Night Ahead, was released in September 2009. For the recording process, the band disposed of their effect pedals and experimented with natural reverb using early krautrock techniques, like mic'ing up inside the studio walls and rooms on the other side of the building to get the drum sound. During this time, original bassist Craig Orzel left the band to pursue other projects. He was replaced in the live setting by Johnny Docherty of Take a Worm for a Walk Week. A year later the band released The Wrong Car EP that featured two b-sides from the 'Forget' sessions as well as remixes by fellow Scottish acts Mogwai and Errors. The release of their third album No One Can Ever Know saw the band pursue a change in style, virtually eliminating delayed guitars and relying on vintage analog synthesizers instead. The album was recorded in February/March 2011 at The Pool studios in London and featured production assistance by Andrew Weatherall. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Genres

shoegaze,seen live,indie rock,Scottish,post-rock,rock and indie,scottish,melancholia,scottish hush,scottish indie,shoegaze,

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country: GB

City: Kilsyth

Begin Date: 2003

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Rats / Public Housing

Rats / Public Housing

Dec/2019

Rats - Single

Oct/2019

Rats

Oct/2019

Shooting Dennis Hopper Shooting

Shooting Dennis Hopper Shooting

Apr/2019

It Won/t Be Like This All The Time

It Won/t Be Like This All The Time

Jan/2019

Videograms (Andrew Weatherall remix) - Single

Videograms (Andrew Weatherall remix) - Single

Dec/2018

Vtr - Single

Nov/2018

VTr

Nov/2018

Videograms - Single

Videograms - Single

Sep/2018

Videograms

Sep/2018

I/m Not Here [Missing Face]

I/m Not Here [Missing Face]

Jul/2018

It Never Was The Same

It Never Was The Same

Nov/2016

Oran Mor

Oct/2015

Oran Mor Session

Oran Mor Session

Oct/2015

Daytrotter Session

Daytrotter Session

Jun/2015

I Could Give You All That You Don't Want / The Airport - Single

I Could Give You All That You Don't Want / The Airport - Single

Feb/2015

I Could Give You All That You Don't Want / The Airport

I Could Give You All That You Don't Want / The Airport

Feb/2015

Nobody Wants To Be Here & Nobody Wants To Leave

Nobody Wants To Be Here & Nobody Wants To Leave

Oct/2014

Last January

Sep/2014

Last January - Single

Last January - Single

Sep/2014

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