The twilight sad - the twilight sad ep

On the surface, there's nothing about The Twilight Sad that's breaking new ground. They mix super-soaring guitar lines with pummeling rhythm sections and some Scottish-accent (Glasgow, ya'll) drenched vocals in the foreground that tell stories of woe with track titles that play out like chapters in some imaginary story where the protagonist is dreaming of better things to come. Five songs stretch out to just over twenty-five minutes, yet feel like a bit more than that (in a good way), as the young group creates some of the most majestic moments I've heard on a release in some time.

"But When She Left, Gone Was The Glow" opens their debut release and builds the tension nicely, with wheezy accordion, filtered percussion and subdued vocals giving way to some massive drums and spiraling guitar tones that absolutely blister. "That Summer, At Home I Had Become The Invisible Boy" continues things with pounding drums, some more accordion and anthematic guitars that sway back and forth until a huge middle section that again finds the group unloading with everything they've got. Lyrically, they manages to convey a sense of youthful misdirection and melancholy that works with their sound.
(RS)