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Twilight Sad

No One Can Ever Know

Produced by Andrew Weatherall (Primal Scream, Two Lone Swordsmen, Fuck Buttons), the new LP had the band in London for a month, working with vintage analog synths, and attempting to emulate the production styles of Factory Records’ Martin Hannett and Cluster‘s Conny Plank. As guitarist Andy MacFarlane explains in a press release, “We wanted to be a lot more spontaneous, get outside our comfort zone – not to fall back into repeating what we’ve done previously.” The change in scenery shifted the band “toward a sparser sound, with a colder, slightly militant feel.”

The title of this, the third The Twilight Sad record, in many ways sums it up better than any reviewer could possibly hope to. With the introduction of new facets to their distinctive personality, The Twilight Sad have created something with hidden depths and sometimes curtained brilliance. Like their previous efforts, this is an album founded on the basic principle of tearing apart the listener’s heartstrings. It does so just as potently as their previous work, albeit there is a noticeably different musical template at work here. Any suspicions that The Twilight Sad were a one-trick pony should be put to bed by this release.

Tracklist

• 01. Alphabet
  02. Dead City
  03. Sick
  04. Don’t Move
  05. Nil
  06. Don’t Look At Me
  07. Not Sleeping
  08. Another Bed
  09. Kill It In The Morning