"Rather than being owned by their demons, The Twilight Sad have created an 11-track exorcism to master them. It's a full-bodied and inescapable mood-piece, and a visceral account of their victory in the fight to exist. We should feel grateful to have them"

"The Cure's Robert Smith has repeatedly sung the praises of the Twilight Sad, saying: "If the world was a better place they would be playing to more people, and I think they can." Perhaps the North Lanarkshire band's fifth album will make more people take notice. With a new lineup and on the label of fellow superfans Mogwai, it brings epic grandeur to post-punk. There's certainly nothing new about their sound and fury and throbbing basslines - they fit comfortably into a lineage stretching from the Cure and the Chameleons to the Killers and White Lies - but they have timeless, high-quality songs"