Nobody Wants to Be Here & Nobody Wants to Leave
Glasgow, Scotland’s Twilight Sad created their most musically ambitious album to date with 2014’s *Nothing Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave*, combining elements of their previous albums and modifying them into a coherent postpunk/shoegaze statement. Singer James Graham remains the somber type, bringing songs like “There’s a Girl in the Corner,” “It Was Never the Same,” and “Pills I Swallow” a seductive moodiness that evokes The Smiths while musically expanding into a far tougher epic sound. Even the vindictive “Drown So I Can Watch” does so with pulsing immediacy and catchiness. This was recorded at Mogwai’s Castle of Doom.
Following their stark nod to the heroes of an industrial past, No One Can Ever Know, The Twilight Sad has dug into their own past to form an album that’s bracing, biting and as widescreen as anything in their canon. The band, ever ambassadors of Scottish gloom, have harnessed their dark muse once again and drawn on their prowess in the live arena to track a record that proves they can translate the power of their stage show to tape. “We spent a lot of time at home when writing this new record, we got to hang out with old friends and get back to some sort of normality, which I think really helped me clear my mind and focus in on writing these new songs,” Graham says. “I had a lot I wanted to get off my chest and I've done that with this new record.” A first listen to the album confirms everything the band has said - noisy, densely layered, and deeply melodic, it wouldn’t be out of line to say this may be their best yet. One thing’s for sure - the Twilight Sad have still got a lot of life left in them.
Over the years the Twilight Sad have covered far more territory than you’d expect from a Scottish mope-rock band. On their fourth album they attempt to reestablish themselves in 2014 by offering a comprehensive overview.
The Scottish gloomsters bring it all together on their fourth album to present a lovely medley of musical misery.
Dark and edgy as a rule, The Twilight Sad have nonetheless tread their way across a significant amount of stylistic territory in the course of three albums.
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On album four the Kilsyth trio limber up and shoot for the sky, albeit on a cloudy day.
The mastery on display here is that the mix comes out as sublime as it does. Even as James Graham sings, once again, about loss and loneliness, it's expertly paired with a hypnotic or compelling mix. A sommelier of emotions, if you will.
Album review: The Twilight Sad - Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave. A marvellous fourth album from the Scots...
Review of The Twilight Sad's new album 'Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants To Leave' the full-length comes out on October 28th via Fatcat Records
Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants To LeaveArtist: The Twilight SadGenre: RockLabel: FatCatUp until now, The Twilight Sad have tended to obscure their songwriting chops with layers of enveloping guitar noise or, as on their last outing, a stark, austere sonic aesthetic.
Scottish indie band's misery is appealingly well-groomed. CD review by Matthew Wright