Drowned in Sound presents The Twilight Sad at Queens Social Club, 11.02.12

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We're delighted to have the tremendous Twilight Sad back to play for us again, this time at Queens Social Club:

http://www.thetwilightsad.com/

 

Already flagged by the widely leaked ‘Kill It In The Morning’ and forthcoming first single proper, ‘Sick’ (November 14th), ‘No One Can Ever Know’ marks a sonic shift for The Twilight Sad. Freshly inspired by a listening diet of Caberet Voltaire, Liars, Magazine, Autechre, Banshees, Fad Gadget, PiL and Can, a synth-heavy sound characterizes ‘No One Can Ever Know’, a record thematically akin to ‘Holy Bible’ era Manics, ‘Violator’-era Depeche Mode and ‘The Downward Spiral’-era Nine Inch Nails.

 

“We wanted to be a lot more spontaneous, get outside our comfort zone - not to fall back into repeating what we've done previously”, explains guitarist Andy MacFarlane. “So we moved to London for a month to record at The Pool and got Andrew Weatherall involved to bounce ideas off and to generally reassure us of the direction we were already progressing in – toward a sparser sound, with a colder, slightly militant feel.”

 

Under the guidance of Weatherall the band experimented with vintage analogue synths - borrowed from Ben Hillier – to work on the core sounds they wanted, finding inspiration too in the distinctive production style of innovators like Martin Hannett and Conny Plank. For the first time the drums were also recorded separately utilising a lot of synthetic effects which allowed for the easy manipulation of the sounds and samples later in the process. Stylistically, the guitars tend to refract John McGeogh (Magazine/ Banshees) or Keith Levene (PiL) rather than the 'wall of sound' approach that defined The Twilight Sad’s previous recordings.

 

Lyrically ‘No One Can Ever Know’ finds singer James Graham on typically ominous form, delivering lightning bolts of malevolent threat. “I’ll find you - don’t worry” he promises on forthcoming single, ‘Another Bed’ - The Twilight Sad’s most radical and anthemic moment yet, it’s driving disco motorik and glacial keys pushing a dizzy emotional uplift.

 

Support from Let's Wrestle

 

Tickets:

http://www.harleylive.co.uk/ticket-shop/

http://www.gigantic.com/gigantic/event_gce_31777a.html

http://www.seetickets.com/Event/THE-TWILIGHT-SAD/Queens-Social-Club/605774

Or from The Harley, The Wick at Both Ends, Record Collector, HMV Fargate, HMV Meadowhall, The Old Sweet Shop, Kuji and Rocky Horrors

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Heads up: We've just set up a new Facebook page for our shows at Queens Social Club, and we'd like likes. If we get to 100 likes by the end of the day, we'll give one person a pair of tickets to this gig, along with a £20 bar tab to keep you oiled at the show. Go!

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