The Twilight Sad have returned with a brand new track—their first in seven years—and it options the Cure’s Robert Smith on guitar. The band’s core duo of vocalist James Graham and multi-instrumentalist Andy MacFarlane additionally enlisted someday stay members Alex Mackay (of Mogwai) and David Denims for the brand new track, “Waiting for the Phone Call.” Take heed to it under, by way of Mogwai’s Rock Action label, and scroll all the way down to see the band’s European tour itinerary.
Graham mentioned of the track in a press launch: “‘Ready for the Cellphone Name’ is about grief, love, and psychological sickness. This stuff took over my life and I turned ailing. I misplaced the particular person most essential to me in one of many cruellest methods. I’ve all the time used writing as a technique of processing and dealing with my feelings. My feelings turned an issue and I couldn’t management them, writing music with Andy… particularly the previous seven years had been each the escape and the chance to course of and try to make sense of life. We’ve all been ready on a cellphone name that may change our lives in some unspecified time in the future. This sadly focuses on a cellphone name that you simply by no means need to have.”
The Twilight Unhappy at the moment are stalwart tourmates of the Treatment, making ready to go again on the highway with them in June and July subsequent 12 months for extra dates in the UK, Eire, and Germany.
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The Twilight Unhappy:
04-12 Milan, Italy – Legend Membership
04-14 Zurich, Switzerland – Bogen F
04-15 Munich, Germany – Ampere
04-16 Berlin, Germany – Gretchen
04-18 Copenhagen, Denmark – Loppen
04-19 Oslo, Norway – Parkteateret
04-20 Stockholm, Sweden – Slaktkyrkan
04-22 Hamburg, Germany – Grünspan
04-23 Utrecht, Netherlands – Tivolivredenburg Pandora Corridor
04-25 Cologne, Germany – Gebäude 9
04-26 Brussels, Belgium – Rotonde – Botanique
04-27 Paris, France – Le Trabendo
04-29 Bristol, England – Electrical Bristol
04-30 London, England – Roundhouse
05-02 Manchester, England – New Century Corridor
05-03 Newcastle upon Tyne, England – Boiler Store
05-05 Glasgow, Scotland – Barrowlands
05-09 Dublin, Eire – Button Manufacturing unit
