C.D. Singles Club #2 – The Twilight Sad – Reflection of the Television

(Editor’s note:  For you rare vinyl collectors out there, this is the second in a series of occasional posts featuring a Citizen Dick endorsed single.  If you want to press some records or something, go ahead, just send us the royalty checks.)

The Twilight Sad really hit both sides of the proverbial blogosphere coin for us. On the positive side, they were our first interview for the site; we were giddy when we got the request to snag a look inside the studio as they laid tape for Forget the Night Ahead, the record they’ll release in September of this year.  On the negative side, we were supposed to see The Twilight Sad and Mogwai in Buffalo, but couldn’t because the show was on a weeknight and our day jobs really didn’t mesh with a booze-fueled all-night road trip.  The Twilight Sad made us feel like honest-to-god music journalists when we interviewed them, but reminded us that we’re still work-a-day slobs when we couldn’t drive to their gig.  You take the good, you take the bad, you take the in between and then you have Citizen Dick.

All this to introduce the first single from Forget the Night Ahead (sweet title, by the way).  We were hoping for veiled and nearly indecipherable lyrics, sweeping sonic crunches and cathartic guitar and noise explosions.  Happily, all of those critical Twilight Sad-ish elements are present in “Reflection of the Television.”  It’s big, it’s bruising and it’s catchy as hell.  If you were already stoked for the upcoming album, this is going to make you more so.  If you’re a Twilight Sad neophyte for some reason, this is going to make you want to hit the back catalog and then sleep outside the record store when the album hits.  Enjoy.

Reflection of the Television – The Twilight Sad