Now that the Twilight Sad are mostly done revisiting their album Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters, the Scottish indie rock trio are back with a new album and a tour. Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave will be out on October 28 through FatCat.
The album was cut at Mogwai's Castle of Doom studio in Glasgow. The band were joined in the studio by some familiar faces: the LP was engineered by live sound man Andrew Bush and mixed by returning studio collaborator Peter Katis (Frightened Rabbit, the Swell Season), with live member Johnny Docherty handling bass duties.
This album offers a career-spanning summary of sounds that the outfit have explored on past albums. Guitarist Andy MacFarlane said in a statement, "Over the eight years we've been touring, our live sound has taken on different forms, from full on noise/feedback, to a sparse, synth led sound, to a stripped back set up with just keys, drum machine and guitar, to playing with an orchestra, and to just an acoustic with vocal. We wanted to try and capture all of those elements and develop them in some way to make the new record."
The tracklist is below. At the bottom of the page, stream "There's a Girl in the Corner," which is an earnestly brooding indie rock number.
Also below, see the band's upcoming tour schedule, which finds them joining We Were Promised Jetpacks' recently announced North American tour. As previously reported, it includes October stops in Montreal and Toronto.
Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave:
1. There's a Girl in the Corner
2. Last January
3. I Could Give You All That You Don't Want
4. It Never Was the Same
5. Drown So I Can Watch
6. In Nowheres
7. Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave
8. Pills I Swallow
9. Leave The House
10. Sometimes I Wished I Could Fall Asleep
Tour dates:
08/30 Glasgow, UK - Richmond Park
09/11 Aberdeen, UK - Lemon Tree
09/12 Birnam, UK - Arts Centre
09/13 Strathpeffer, UK - Pavillion
10/05 Manchester, UK - Soup Kitchen
10/06 London, UK - Boston Music Rooms
10/07 Nottingham, UK - Bodega
10/09 Edinburgh, UK - Pleasance
10/16 Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade NYC *
10/17 Portland, ME - Port City Music Hall ^
10/18 Montreal, QC - Il Motore ^
10/19 Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre ^
10/20 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick ^
10/22 Columbus, OH - Skully's Music Diner ^
10/23 Cincinnati, OH - The Woodward Theater ^
10/24 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre ^
10/25 Madison, WI - Majestic Theater ^
10/26 St. Louis, MO - The Old Rock House ^
10/28 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater ^
10/29 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge ^
10/30 Boise, ID - Knitting Factory Concert House ^
11/01 Seattle, WA - Neumo's Crystal Ball Reading ^
11/02 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom ^
11/04 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club ^
11/07 Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre ^
11/08 San Diego, CA - Irenic ^
11/09 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom ^
11/11 Austin, TX - The Mohawk ^
11/12 Dallas, TX - Trees ^
11/13 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's ^
11/14 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks ^
11/15 Birmingham, AL - WorkPlay Theatre ^
11/16 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West ^
11/18 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle ^
11/19 Washington, DC - 930 Club ^
11/20 Boston, MA - Paradise ^
11/21 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer ^
11/22 New York, NY - Webster Hall ^
* performing Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
^ with We Were Promised Jetpacks
The album was cut at Mogwai's Castle of Doom studio in Glasgow. The band were joined in the studio by some familiar faces: the LP was engineered by live sound man Andrew Bush and mixed by returning studio collaborator Peter Katis (Frightened Rabbit, the Swell Season), with live member Johnny Docherty handling bass duties.
This album offers a career-spanning summary of sounds that the outfit have explored on past albums. Guitarist Andy MacFarlane said in a statement, "Over the eight years we've been touring, our live sound has taken on different forms, from full on noise/feedback, to a sparse, synth led sound, to a stripped back set up with just keys, drum machine and guitar, to playing with an orchestra, and to just an acoustic with vocal. We wanted to try and capture all of those elements and develop them in some way to make the new record."
The tracklist is below. At the bottom of the page, stream "There's a Girl in the Corner," which is an earnestly brooding indie rock number.
Also below, see the band's upcoming tour schedule, which finds them joining We Were Promised Jetpacks' recently announced North American tour. As previously reported, it includes October stops in Montreal and Toronto.
Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave:
1. There's a Girl in the Corner
2. Last January
3. I Could Give You All That You Don't Want
4. It Never Was the Same
5. Drown So I Can Watch
6. In Nowheres
7. Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave
8. Pills I Swallow
9. Leave The House
10. Sometimes I Wished I Could Fall Asleep
Tour dates:
08/30 Glasgow, UK - Richmond Park
09/11 Aberdeen, UK - Lemon Tree
09/12 Birnam, UK - Arts Centre
09/13 Strathpeffer, UK - Pavillion
10/05 Manchester, UK - Soup Kitchen
10/06 London, UK - Boston Music Rooms
10/07 Nottingham, UK - Bodega
10/09 Edinburgh, UK - Pleasance
10/16 Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade NYC *
10/17 Portland, ME - Port City Music Hall ^
10/18 Montreal, QC - Il Motore ^
10/19 Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre ^
10/20 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick ^
10/22 Columbus, OH - Skully's Music Diner ^
10/23 Cincinnati, OH - The Woodward Theater ^
10/24 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre ^
10/25 Madison, WI - Majestic Theater ^
10/26 St. Louis, MO - The Old Rock House ^
10/28 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater ^
10/29 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge ^
10/30 Boise, ID - Knitting Factory Concert House ^
11/01 Seattle, WA - Neumo's Crystal Ball Reading ^
11/02 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom ^
11/04 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club ^
11/07 Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre ^
11/08 San Diego, CA - Irenic ^
11/09 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom ^
11/11 Austin, TX - The Mohawk ^
11/12 Dallas, TX - Trees ^
11/13 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's ^
11/14 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks ^
11/15 Birmingham, AL - WorkPlay Theatre ^
11/16 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West ^
11/18 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle ^
11/19 Washington, DC - 930 Club ^
11/20 Boston, MA - Paradise ^
11/21 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer ^
11/22 New York, NY - Webster Hall ^
* performing Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
^ with We Were Promised Jetpacks
