Dear reader, are you… happy? I mean, really. Not like: “oh, sweet, a 24-hour White Castle!” But I mean, are you real-deal, H-A-P-P-Y happy?
Yeah… don’t feel bad. Neither am I. Personally, I blame Scottish trio The Twilight Sad. Ever since their personal brand of glum-bummer indie rock entered my life some five years back, everything seems to have just kinda… lost its luster. And yet, I can’t seem to turn them off! Maybe I’m a glutton for punishment or whatever, but I can’t quite seem to get enough!
And if you’re like me, then hang onto your homemade Prozac, because I just heard that the band is getting set to release their fourth record, Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave, via Fat Cat on October 28. Bummer City! But wait, maybe I’m selling the band short? Maybe this time around, things will be totally, totally 180-degrees different? Let’s see here. Looks like they recorded in Glasgow at Mogwai’s Castle of Doom studio… the record was engineered by their live sound guy Andrew Bush, mixed by the guy who mixed their last record (Peter Katis), and their touring bassist Johnny Docherty played bass on it. Huh. Nope. Oh well. Guess we’ll just have to keep moping around listening to The Twilight Sad a little longer, reader.
Speaking of which, you can stream the first single, “There’s a Girl in the Corner,” down below. Might wanna hide all the knives first, though.
Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave tracklisting:
01. There’s a Girl in the Corner
02. Last January
03. I Could Give You All That You Don’t Want
04. It Never Was the Same
05. Drown So I Can Watch
06. In Nowheres
07. Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave
08. Pills I Swallow
09. Leave the House
10. Sometimes I Wished I Could Fall Asleep
Tour dates:
08.30.14 - Glasgow, UK - Richmond Park
09.11.14 - Aberdeen, UK - Lemon Tree
09.12.14 - Birnam, UK - Arts Centre
09.13.14 - Strathpeffer, UK - Pavillion
10.05.14 - Manchester, UK - Soup Kitchen
10.06.14 - London, UK - Boston Music Rooms
10.07.14 - Nottingham, UK - Bodega
10.09.14 - Edinburgh, UK - Pleasance
10.16.14 - Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade NYC
10.17.14 - Portland, ME - Port City Music Hall +
10.18.14 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore +
10.19.14 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre +
10.20.14 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick +
10.22.14 - Columbus, OH - Skully’s Music Diner +
10.23.14 - Cincinnati, OH - The Woodward Theater +
10.24.14 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre +
10.25.14 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theater +
10.26.14 - St Louis, MO - The Old Rock House +
10.28.14 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater +
10.29.14 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge +
10.30.14 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory Concert House +
11.01.14 - Seattle, WA - Neumo’s Crystal Ball Reading +
11.02.14 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom +
11.04.14 - San Francisco, CA - Bimbo’s 365 Club +
11.07.14 - Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre +
11.08.14 - San Diego, CA - Irenic +
11.09.14 - Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom +
11.11.14 - Austin, TX - The Mohawk +
11.12.14 - Dallas, TX - Trees +
11.13.14 - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald’s +
11.14.14 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks +
11.15.14 - Birmingham, AL - WorkPlay Theatre +
11.16.14 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West +
11.18.14 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle +
11.19.14 - Washington, DC - 930 Club +
11.20.14 - Boston, MA - Paradise +
11.21.14 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer +
11.22.14 - New York, NY - Webster Hall +
+ We Were Promised Jetpacks
• The Twilight Sad: http://www.thetwilightsad.com
• Fat Cat: http://www.fat-cat.co.uk
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