The Twilight Sad
Here It Never Snowed. After It Did

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Though ‘Here It Never Snowed…’ stands up convincingly as a self-contained six track mini-album, the concept originated from off-the-cuff reworkings of songs from ‘Fourteen Autumns, Fifteen Winters’, adapted to accommodate certain settings as they toured last year.
The resultant set of recordings shows not only a band full of ideas, embracing the opportunity to recontextualise and create fresh material, invigorated by any imposed restrictions - the recordings also re-focus the listeners attention on the strength of the songs themselves.
Epic in scope and equally as intense, the band are inspired by a diverse range of music from Van Dyke Parks to Phil Spector, Daniel Johnston, and beyond. Yet The Twilight Sad are unmistakably their own band.
At times recalling peers such as Beirut or The Arcade Fire in it’s panoramic intensity, ‘Here It Never Snowed…’ is perhaps closer in spirit to Joe Meek’s eerie homespun soundscapes, suggesting worlds of possibility, hope and isolation.
The record also features two new tracks - a sympathetic but wholly original take on Daniel Johnston’s heartfelt paean to lost love ‘Some Things Last A Long Time’, and the title track itself, ‘Here It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did’.