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The much-loved frontman has selected his highlights of the year in a new interview

The longlist for this year's SAY Award has been revealed. The award, given to the Scottish album of the year, was won in 2018 by Young Fathers for their third album 'Cocoa Sugar', and returns this year on September 6. Read more: “We’ll always miss him” – Frightened Rabbit, their closest friends and collaborators celebrate the beauty of Scott Hutchison Among the...

There are some bands who have their stage moves choreographed like a ballet and banter scripted like a pantomime. The Twilight Sad are no such band. As the huge crowd that fills out the modest Mondo Sonoro Stage at Mad Cool 2019 discover, The ‘Sad pull off something that feels more like group primal scream therapy than anything you might...

The remaining four members of Frightened Rabbit are gathered around a small table in a cafe in Glasgow. We're here to talk about the upcoming covers album of their fan-favourite 2008 record ‘The Midnight Organ Fight’. Having interviewed late frontman Scott Hutchison more than I have any other artist over the last dozen or so years, it’s weird – and...

The Twilight Sad have announced new UK shows for 2019 – check out the dates below. The Scottish group released their acclaimed fifth album, ‘IT WON/T BE LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME‘, back in January. In a four-star review, NME described their "11-track exorcism" as "a full-bodied and inescapable mood-piece, and a visceral account of their victory in the fight to exist." After airing the...

The Twilight Sad have spoken of how "uncertainty", the death of friend and Frightened Rabbit Scott Hutchison and the advice of The Cure's Robert Smith have led them to where they are now. The Scottish band are currently at Number Five in the midweek charts with their acclaimed fifth album 'IT WON/T BE LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME' – released...

This was an album that could so easily have not existed at all. The Twilight Sad’s 2007 debut ‘Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters’ was critically adored and soon became an indie cult favourite. Their dense – and intense – approach to wrought Scottish gloom and post-punk bloomed across three lauded records, until 2014’s ‘Nobody Wants To Be Here And...

The Twilight Sad have announced details of their upcoming fifth album 'IT WON/T BE LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME', as well as sharing new single 'Videograms'. Check it out along with the artwork and tracklist below. Described by The Cure's Robert Smith as “the best band playing the best songs – consistently brilliant, emotional, intense, inspiring, entertaining,” The Twilight Sad were...

Frightened Rabbit have announced their first live performance since the tragic death of singer Scott Hutchison, with a special show at Glasgow's Kelvingrove Bandstand on December 9. The show will be part of the Scotland-wide event 'Sleep In The Park' event, which also takes place in Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh. Frightened Rabbit played the event last year at the Edinburgh...

Before The Twilight Sad took to the stage at British Summer Time in support of The Cure, frontman James Graham and guitarist Andy MacFarlane spoke to NME about their next album, having Robert Smith as a champion, and 'carrying on the legacy' of their late friend, Scott Hutchison. Check out our interview with the band below, as well as...