If they bleed, we dry

I find heavy distorts and feedbacks sexy. A well pronounced ‘r’ is even better. The Twilight Sad never fail to make me a little too happy. See, they have both. They are the kind of band that require a good system and some solid windows.

Their new song, ‘I Became A Prostitute’, starts off as another pile of angry noise. Admittingly, the guitar does calm down during the stanzas, leaving the bass and voice to creep into your soul. But then James Graham sings his ‘If we bleed you dry’ bit right before the chorus and the drums start surfacing and stand alone for a brief moment only to clear the scene for the beginning of more noise. And it booms into an almost cathartic chorus that mixes an unbelievably catchy and melodic tune with My-Bloody-Valentine-like-heavy distortion. This combined with the lyrics (that are about the typical fall from grace), the dark atmosphere generated by all the sounds put together and Graham’s vocals are bound to hit you in your solar plexus and bring out emotions that will linger more than the feedbacks.