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The Twilight Sad often draw comparisons to greats like My Bloody Valentine, Joy Division, Interpol and The Cure. Other reviews naturally lump them in with fellow Scottsmen like Arab Strap and Josef K. All can be true in various ways, but no matter what comparisions one might make to the past, there is one thing that is certain. The band is helping lead an invasion of incredible, modern, talent from Scotland. This year, the band toured the U.S. with two such talents, Fat Cat Records labelmates We Were Promised Jetpacks and Frightened Rabbit.

The Twilight Sad's 2009 release, Forget The Night Ahead, was produced by guitarist Andy McFarlane with Paul Savage (of Delgados). Like preceding albums, the content continues to cryptically delve deep into the recesses of human emotion - those dark places singer James Graham might only go when he is alone at night. The heavy lyrics are most often matched by powerful, almost over-bearing guitar.

This intimate performance strips out all those anthemic rock effects and grandiose guitar fuzz, but these songs still contain all their emotion and strength when relegated to bare bones, maybe even moreso.