Album Rating: 4.5

gonna be hard to top this for me on the year!

Album Rating: 4.0

yeah this slaps, love all of the lush soundscapes

Album Rating: 4.0

Might be best Twilight Sad

It's so abrasive yet warm at nearly all times

this album is special

Album Rating: 4.0

wow, have i been missing something like this in my rotation, just chock full of great songs

don't know where this sits for me and it hasn't been as immediate as some of you. going to keep trying to crack this egg tho. love all their other stuff.

Album Rating: 4.5

this did take a few listens over a couple days to really sink in. only got better for me each listen. knowing the subject matter helped. like i said in my review, something about them just grows on you. hopefully it eventually unfolds for you like it did for me!

Album Rating: 4.5

What a fucking great review.



"thanks in part to the country's well-known roster of relentlessly depressing bands: Mogwai, Arab Strap, Frightened Rabbit, and of course, The Twilight Sad."

--Was just talking about this with a friend recently. King Creosote comes to mind too. Scotland is a wellspring of talent, and for whatever reason, they have a propensity for sad music, lol.



" I typically hate music descriptions based on weather as they are often so cliche and trite, but the album is so perfectly evocative of a rainy, foggy and gloomy Glasgow night that I can’t help but vividly picture it."

--I feel the exact same way about that album.



Also 100% agreed with what you said regarding their music not always being immediate, but you already knew that. Repetition legitimizes! Gonna give their last album the same listening treatment I gave this, because it didn't resonate with me at first either.



This is so close to a classic for me right now.

Album Rating: 4.5

thank you so much man. i'm really glad you dug the review. hard to get out every single thought but i think it came together nicely!



you ever listen to arab strap btw? i think you'd love them, super underrated here

Album Rating: 4.5

"I typically hate music descriptions based on weather as they are often so cliche and trite, but the album is so perfectly evocative of a rainy, foggy and gloomy Glasgow night that I can’t help but vividly picture it."



I fell in love with Twilight Sad after listening to them while walking home to my then girlfriends apartment in northern glasgow from a show in the western part of the city. Walking by the canal and through Sighthill cemetery while listening to "nobody wants to be here" was something else. And this album is insanely close to that experience once again

this is very, very good

Album Rating: 4.7

Agreed.

Album Rating: 4.5

that is an amazing experience sky. very jealous haha! glad i was accurate in my description! definitely would love to get to glasgow someday. seems like a really cool place.

Album Rating: 4.5

I gotta check Arab Strap! I did hear an album they released in 2021 or around there, but I really don't remember any of it now.

Album Rating: 4.5

i think you'd dig them. really unique vibe, lots of almost spoken word delivery with lyrics that are like stories or snapsnots of life. very slowcore, very sad but also great builds and eclectic instruments with a lot of electronic in there too. check out philophobia. that's another special album.

Album Rating: 5.0

Ok yeah this is a fucking incredible album.

Album Rating: 4.0

This being 0.5 above It Won/t Be Like This All the Time is a little crazy to me, but it is an amazing album nonetheless. Special band.

Album Rating: 4.5

the 5.0 classic whoaaa! glad it really connected with you man.



and further you like that one more? i really like that one a lot. honestly the theming and atmosphere bumps this one just past that one. really love the more 80s synth driven sound there and it has some amazing hooks.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah this definitely really clicked with me, it's the synth driven sound, I'm an absolute sucker for a rock album that utilises its synths well. I was already hyped to see The Cure in the summer but knowing this band's supporting them just makes me even more excited!

I'm still fairly new to this band as well so I'm gonna give their entire back catalogue a proper deep dive now too.

Album Rating: 4.5

awesome man, that should be an amazing show. you'll really like the previous one, even more the cure esque with a lot more synths.