The Twilight Sad

"If the world was a better place they would be playing to more people, and I think they can." - Robert Smith, The Cure.

From their unassuming origins as school friends drawn together by a shared passion for music to the global touring force they have quietly become, The Twilight Sad’s ascent has been forged the old way with grit, graft and five exceptional studio albums. The Kilsyth group - based around the core duo of James Graham and Andy MacFarlane - seemed to emerge fully formed with their blindsiding 2007 debut ""Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters"" but there has been an undeniable evolution throughout the critically acclaimed body of work they have since produced.

IT'S THE LONG GOODBYE

On their first record in seven years, The Twilight Sad return with a story to share: a cogent story of loss and personal crisis, rooted in specific experience yet mounted with a palpable emotional power that feels universal. Set to urgent and guitar-rich arrangements from bandmate Andy MacFarlane, "IT’S THE LONG GOODBYE" reflects on James’s mother’s illness, her subsequent death and his own mental health struggles, exploring profound human vulnerability with tenderness and tempestuous force. The result is the most personal yet relatable album to date from a band whose portraits of bruised humanity have forged close ties with their audience.