New Twilight Sad - "Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did"

The Twilight Sad's debut EP made a splash with the Stereogum staff in '06. The beautifully bludgeoning Fourteen Autumns And Fifteen Winters LP hit hard too, and lead to the band logging lots of miles bringing their eyes-closed/feedback-drenched shoegazer jams to small rooms and big fests worldwide. In the middle they contributed to our inaugural Stereogum Presents... project in homage to Radiohead's OK Computer, so you get it: We follow the dudes closely.

Fellow Twilight Sad geeks will be glad to hear that the group's Fourteen Autums aren't over just yet: This summer we're getting Here, It Never Snowed. Aftewards It Did, a six-song set with a cover of a Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair's "Some Things Last a Long Time," four reworked tracks from the debut LP, and one new cut. Of course it comes with a cautionary note:

The album should not be taken as a significant pointer to any future recordings; it's more like another version of the band's sound that has not until now been documented, recorded by a band with a natural inclination to push their sound in all sorts of directions.

Fair enough, although they could do worse than to make this the new blueprint. There's strings, organs, glockenspiels -- and instrumental help from friends like My Latest Novel's Laura McFarlane (also of BTW fame) and Aerogramme's Campbell Mcneil -- bringing some chamber-ready warmth to songs that are already hardwired for dramatics. Check the tracklist below:

01 "And She Would Darken The Memory"
02 "Cold Days From The Birdhouse"
03 "Here, It Never Snowed. Aftewards It Did"
04 "Mapped By What Surrounded Them"
05 "Walking For Two Hours"
06 "Some Things Last A Long Time"

Stream all six tunes at FatCat, who will put out the EP (titled Here, It Never Snowed. Aftewards It Did in honor of the new song) on 6/9 in the UK and 6/10 in the US.

Posted at 5:16 PM
Tags: The Twilight Sad

9 Comments

Scary cover!

Posted by: Music Critic at 04/29/08 6:07 PM | Reply
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these guys are amazing. fourteen autumns and fifteen winters was the most criminally overlooked album of '07.

Posted by: ff at 04/29/08 8:37 PM | Reply
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So, is "Some Things Last a Long Time" the most covered song in 2008, now?

Posted by: Jeff at 04/29/08 8:39 PM | Reply
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I love the cover! The recoloring works well...

I can't picture And She Would Darken the Memory sans big guitars... so yupe, I'm pretty excited about it. June can't come fast enough :)

Posted by: dee at 04/29/08 10:00 PM | Reply
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Bad bad stereogum, doesn't add the most vital part of this Fat Cat announcement... They are streaming the "new" songs!!!

Head over to have listen: http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/release.php?id=264

Posted by: dee at 04/29/08 10:13 PM | Reply
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just updated, thanks dee.

Posted by: amrit  in reply to dee's comment at 04/29/08 11:55 PM | Reply
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"Here It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did." Is that from Edward Scissorhands?

Posted by: Joe at 04/30/08 9:10 AM | Reply
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So, I actually prefer these versions of the songs. Not saying I don't like the originals of course. But these are much more pleasant in a very Mogwai way. I'm almost disapointed by the disclaiming. I want them to pursue this direction more.

Posted by: Zayin_451 at 04/30/08 1:07 PM | Reply
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Love these songs, only 96Kbps but still.
http://www.zshare.net/download/11722114682f6fad/

Posted by: dsw at 05/08/08 11:10 AM | Reply
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