It Won/t Be Like This All the Time

It Won/t Be Like This All the Time
Studio album by The Twilight Sad
Released 18 January 2019 (2019-01-18)
Recorded 2018
Studio
Genre Post-punk revival, indie rock
Length 46:38
Language Scottish English
Label Rock Action
Producer Andy MacFarlane
The Twilight Sad chronology
Òran Mór Session
(2015)Òran Mór Session2015		 It Won/t Be Like This All the Time
(2019)
Singles from It Won/t Be Like This All the Time
  1. "I/m Not Here [missing face]"
    Released: 10 July 2018
  2. "Videograms"
    Released: 26 October 2018

It Won/t Be Like This All the Time[upper-alpha 1] is the upcoming fifth studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad, to be released by Rock Action Records on 18 January 2019.[1]

Background

On 22 January 2018, The Twilight Sad announced via social media that drummer and founding member Mark Devine had amicably left the band.[2] The band's new touring drummer, Sebastien Schultz, joined shortly thereafter.[3]

In an interview with NME, posted on 9 July 2018, guitarist/producer Andy MacFarlane stated that the band's fifth studio album is "finished", with a tentative release date of January 2019.[4] MacFarlane said, "It all came together really well. To me, it's like a different band almost. I did a stupid thing of writing loads of music, then giving it to James to write stuff over, then I deleted all the music. So then I wrote another album under it... I think we just needed to shake up the routine. One of our mates bought us those Brian Eno Oblique Strategy cards. I picked one out and it was like 'delete everything, must try harder, don't tell James'. The aim was to try and do stuff that we'd enjoy playing live, to make it more interesting for ourselves as well as everyone else."[4]

In the same interview, singer James Graham discussed the album's lyrics and themes, describing them as "heavier": "It's all pretty full on but there's some lighter shades and some hope on there. The first song that we're going to come back with epitomises the record. It's got really noisy guitars but it's pretty melodic. I think it's the next stage of who we're meant to be. ...I won't say exactly what it's dealing with [lyrically] because a lot of it might be quite obvious, but I'm not hiding behind a lot of metaphors anymore. I've done that, what's the point in trying to do it again? I'm really proud of our lyrics in the past but this is just what came out. I don't need to hide behind anything any more. It's a bit of a leap to just go 'this is actually how I'm feeling.' I think now is the time to just be more open and honest with people. For myself it was important to say these things, but when it was done it was great to share it's okay to feel that way."[4]

In mid-2018, The Twilight Sad played their first live shows for some 20 months. A new track, "The Arbor", was premiered at Primavera Sound on 31 May, followed by two more ("Shooting Dennis Hopper Shooting" and "VTr") at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds on 16 June.[5] On 10 July, the band shared a further new track, "I/m Not Here [missing face]", and announced a tour of the United States and Europe in the autumn.[6] On 5 September, the album was officially announced, and the album's first proper single, closing track "Videograms", was made available for streaming, with a physical release for the single on 10" vinyl set for release on 26 October 2018.[1][7]

Track listing

All songs written by James Graham and Andy MacFarlane.[8]

No.TitleLength
1."10 Good Reasons for Modern Drugs"4:08
2."Shooting Dennis Hopper Shooting"3:24
3."The Arbor"4:19
4."VTr"4:16
5."Sunday Day13"3:33
6."I/m Not Here [missing face]"5:38
7."Auge_Maschine"4:41
8."Keep It All to Myself"3:01
9."Girl Chewing Gum"4:03
10."Let/s Get Lost"4:40
11."Videograms"4:55

Credits

Musicians[7]
  • James Alexander Graham – vocals
  • Andy MacFarlane – guitars
  • Johnny Docherty – bass
  • Brendan Smith – keyboards
Production
  • Andy MacFarlane – producer
  • Andrew Bush – engineer
  • Chris Coady – mixing
  • Dave "DLT" Thomas – art direction and design

Notes

  1. ↑ The album and track titles are highly stylised intentionally, featuring upper and lower-case lettering, slashes ("/"), brackets ("[ ]"), and underscores ("_").

References

  1. 1 2 Trendell, Andrew. "Robert Smith's favourite band The Twilight Sad announce new album". NME.com. NME. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "The Twilight Sad (Official)". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Reed, Mark (20 June 2018). "The Twilight Sad - Leeds Brudenell Social Club - 16 June 2018". Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 Trendell, Andrew (9 July 2018). "The Twilight Sad on the legacy of Scott Hutchison and being Robert Smith's favourite band". Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "THE TWILIGHT SAD - Leeds Brudenell Social Club - 16 June 2018". The Final Word. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Colburn, Randall (10 July 2018). "The Twilight Sad share new single, "I/m Not Here [missing face]"". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  7. 1 2 Millar, Mark. "THE TWILIGHT SAD announce new album, IT WON/T BE LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME". XS Noise. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "It Won/t Be Like This All The Time". Rock Action Records. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
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