Off the back of the news of their recent signing to Rock Action Records, Glasgow’s The Twilight Sad announce plans for extensive UK, European and North American tours this autumn as well as sharing a brand new song, “I/m Not Here [missing face]“.
It’s a driving, motorik return from the much-loved Scots, with wailing guitars and swirling synths circling around frontman James Graham‘s repeated declarations of “I don’t want to be around you anymore.” Graham describes the track’s lyrical basis as being “about my ongoing battle with not liking myself, trying to be a good person but constantly feeling like I’m failing myself and everyone I care about.”
Exploring its inception, the band’s Andy MacFarlane jovially adds, “I was attempting to play ‘Ogives’ by Erik Satie, but I’m really shit at the piano so it didn’t happen, but I came up with the music using those chord shapes. So from my perspective, it’s a bad cover version of that piece of music.”
Tour Dates:
Oct 9th | Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
Oct 10th | San Diego, CA – Casbah
Oct 12th | Tustin, CA – Marty’s On Newport
Oct 14th | San Francisco, CA – Independent
Oct 17th | Portland, OR – Doug Fir
Oct 19th | Seattle, WA – Crocodile
Oct 20th | Vancouver, BC – Fox
Oct 25th | St. Paul, MN – Turf Club
Oct 26th | Chicago, IL – Theater on the Lake
Oct 27th | Toronto, ON – Velvet Underground
Oct 28th | Montreal, QC – Ritz
Oct 30th | Boston, MA – Middle East Downstairs
Nov 1st | Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere
Nov 2nd | Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle
Nov 3rd | Washington, DC – U Street Music Hall
Nov 10th | Paris, FR – Point FMR
Nov 11th | Wiesbaden, DE – Sclachthof
Nov 12th | Munich, DE – Ampere
Nov 13th | Vienna, AT – Chelsea
Nov 15th | Berlin, DE – Musik & Frieden
Nov 16th | Hamburg, DE – Molotow
Nov 17th | Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
Nov 18th | Brussels, BE – Botanique
Nov 27th | London, UK – Bush Hall
Nov 29th | Edinburgh, UK – Liquid Rooms