Scottish post-punk band The Twilight Sad have dropped their first new track since their stunning album “Nobody Wants To Be Here & Nobody Wants To Leave” back in 2014.
“I/m Not Here [Missing Face]” sees the band fresh and reinvigorated since the departure of drummer Mark Devine as Andy Macfarlane said in a press release “I’m really excited to start playing again. I’ve got the drive and I want us to get back out there and do it from a new perspective. We all enjoy playing, we need to rehearse these songs with a new drummer… but it’s all such uncharted territory, l think that’s why it’s exciting to me. I can’t tell exactly what’s going to happen. I like that chaotic side of it.”
The chorus may be their most instantly accessible yet but lead singer James Graham tells us in a press release that the song is “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.” which thematically sits with the rest of their discography nicely.
The track is the first since The Twilight Sad signed to Mogwai’s Rock Action Records and comes on the back of the band supporting The Cure on a multitude of dates, most recently at Robert Smith’s curated Meltdown festival and British Summer Time Festival at Hyde Park last weekend.
The band will be touring North America, Europe and the UK – you can catch them at the following venues:
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
