The Twilight Sad appear to have won legions of new fans this year, thanks to them being the special guests of The Cure on what was a very extensive tour of North America back in May and June.
It’s not, of course, the first tour they have undertaken as the specially invited guests of the legendary pop-goths, and the fact they were asked to do so again is testament to their abilities not to be overawed by the logistics of playing in cavernous arenas not forgetting also that Robert Smith has been a long-time admirer of their music.
It was back in 2015 when Smith provided a vocal to a Twilight Sad song, one which was issued as part of a Double-A side single:-
mp3: Robert Smith – There’s A Girl In The Corner
The song had originally appeared as the opening song on the album Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave. I’m sure I wasn’t alone, when I read that it was to form one half of the latest Twilight Sad single, that it would be one where he contributed a vocal to either the original tune or would see him in the studio with the band doing it all again fresh.
Nope.
As you can see from the back of the sleeve above, the voices and instruments were all the work of Robert Smith, and that he engineered, produced and mixed everything too.
The result is hugely enjoyable, with James Graham and Andy MacFarlane both saying at the time how thrilled they were that one of their heroes had accepted what they thought was an ambitious request to cover one of their songs.
But it’s not a patch on the original.
mp3: The Twilight Sad – There’s A Girl In The Corner
I’ve this one on 7″ white vinyl, which I had long believed was the only format in which it was released. Turns out there’s a rare and sought after CD version, with only 100 copies issued as a promotional release in America.
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 
Thanks to you I have listened to and following Twilight Sad for a while now. Finally got to see them on their US tour in Chicago with The Cure. They did a great set that was well received. They mentioned they had played in Chicago probably more than Glasgow. Not sure if that was accurate but was fun to look up on SetList FM they have played Chicago a fair bit, how did I miss them. Actually, know Glasgow has been played much more including many gigs at the famous Barrowland. Great venue that I only went to once to see the Mission (grew up in UK before moving to Chicago years ago). Thanks for sharing the post.