"It’s not until you assemble – no, grow, because this is nothing if not organic – the whole thing, that the jaw-dropping brilliance of the album reveals itself." - Drowned in Sound (10/10)

"The group's 4th LP more than justifies [their] ascension. Where there were youthful, wayward meanderings, Graham has emerged a man, exorcising the sorrows of lessons learnt
along the way." - The Quietus

"Simple but effective, the lyrics are bleak, bitter phrases of existential loneliness and torment. His emotion hits just as potently throughout." - NME (8/10)

Following the recent release of their fourth full-length, Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants To Leave, Scotland's The Twilight Sad have unveiled the second official single from the album. It comes in the form of the graceful 'I Could Give You All That You Don't Want' - a highlight from the band's lauded latest LP, which has drawn rave reviews from the likes of The Sunday Times, The Quietus and Q, while topping Drowned in Sound's end-of-year list and earning a rare perfect 10 from the site. It also featured prominently on several other annual lists including finishing second on The Skinny's, third on Popmatters' indie rock albums of the year and topping Any Decent Music's Scottish albums of the year.

It sees a February 9th release through FatCat Records on special AA-side vinyl, in a limited run of 7" picture discs, accompanied by an all-new track, 'The Airport' - only available through select independent record stores and the Twilight Sad online store. To support its release, the band play a run of in-store shows through February 2014:

Feb 08, 2015 - Flashback, London
Feb 09, 2015 - Banquet Records, Kingston
Feb 10, 2015 - Pie & Vinyl, Southsea
Feb 11, 2015 - Spillers, Cardiff
Feb 12, 2015 - Rough Trade, Nottingham
Feb 13, 2015 - Jumbo, Leeds
Feb 14, 2015 - Vox Box, Edinburgh
Feb 15, 2015 - Monorail, Glasgow

The Twilight Sad are on the road throughout Europe and the UK in 2015. You can catch them on the following UK and Irish dates:

Apr 20, 2015 - Scala, London TICKETS
Apr 21, 2015 - The Fleece, Bristol TICKETS
Apr 22, 2015 - The Cookie Jar, Leicester TICKETS
Apr 23, 2015 - Fibbers, York TICKETS
Apr 24, 2015 - The Hop, Wakefield TICKETS
Apr 25, 2015 - The Cluny, Newcastle TICKETS
Apr 27, 2015 - The Globe, Cardiff TICKETS
Apr 28, 2015 - The Kazimier, Liverpool TICKETS
Apr 30, 2015 - Roisin Dubh, Galway TICKETS
May 01, 2015 - Dolans, Limerick TICKETS
May 02, 2015 - Whelans, Dublin TICKETS
May 03, 2015 - Voodoo, Belfast TICKETS

Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants To Leave is the fourth full-length LP from Scotland'sthe Twilight Sad - comprised of James Graham (vocals), Andy Macfarlane (guitar) and Mark Devine(drums).

Where each album prior to Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants To Leave saw the Twilight Sad tackling new sounds and ways of writing, their latest work draws from their entire career. “Over the eight years we've been touring, our live sound has taken on different forms, from full on noise/feedback, to a sparse, synth-led sound, to a stripped back set-up with just keys, drum machine and guitar, to playing with an orchestra, and to just an acoustic with vocal,” says MacFarlane. “We wanted to try and capture all of those elements and develop them in some way to make the new record.” Opting to stay in Glasgow, the album was produced at Mogwai’s Castle Of Doom studio, engineered by live soundman Andrew Bush, mixed by Peter Katis (also responsible for Fourteen Autumns), with touring member Johnny Docherty playing bass.
 
“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.”
 
While the scene from which they hail has become more of a force on the international circuit—including their fellow FatCat brothers Frightened Rabbit who parted ways in favor of a major label deal and former TTS bandmate Martin Doherty finding fame as one third of Chvrches—mainstream popularity has largely evaded the Twilight Sad, despite critical acclaim accompanying all of the band’s releases to date and their exhilarating live shows. Graham notes, “I love being in this band, it's everything to me. I want to play big gigs, small gigs. I just want to write and play music for as long as I can. We don't write pop songs (p.s. I love pop songs) so I don't think we'll ever really break into the mainstream but if we can keep progressing musically and people are still coming to our gigs then I'll be happy.”
 
“I think it's a testament to the music we've written and the people who support our band that we've got this far,” continues Graham. “Everyone always says their new album is their best; I'm not going to say that. I love all of our albums as they document that time in our lives be it good or bad. All I'll say is that I am extremely proud of the record and I hope everyone loves it as much as I do.”
 
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.
 

Tracklisting - Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave
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

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