Twilight Sad - Photoscapes
by Darren Aston
published: 9 / 8 / 2014
intro
Darren Aston takes photographs of Scottish post-punk act the Twilight Sad at the East Village Arts Club in Liverpool
The Twilight Sad are a Scottish alternative act from Kilsyth in North Lanarkshire, which lies halfway between Glasgow and Stirling. They have now recorded three albums of vituperative and often bleak post-punk, ‘Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters’ (2007), ‘Forget the Night Ahead’ (2009) and ‘No One Can Ever Know’ (2012), which have gained them a fanatical audience. Vocalist James Graham sings in a distinctive Caledonian accent, and while he has always refused to talk about his lyrics they are embedded with an underlying sense of violence and tragedy. The group’s fourth album, ‘Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave’, is due out in late October. Their live shows are often similarly intense. These photographs of James Graham were taken by Darren Aston for Pennyblackmusic at the East Village Arts Club in Liverpool on July 20th.
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Interview (2012) |
John Clarkson speaks to James Graham from brooding Scottish rock band the Twlight Sad about his band's post-punk influenced third album, No One Can Ever Know’ |
Interview (2008) |
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Richmond Park, Glasgow, 30/8/2014 |
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Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 29/11/2007 |
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Dark and enigmatic, but evocative second album from much acclaimed Scottish-based post rockers, the Twilight Sad |
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And She Would Darken the Memory (2007) |
Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters (2007) |
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