A few weeks ago,The Twilight Sad ventured away from their home in Glasgow in order to spread their noisy tunes across the U.S. by means of a mini tour. During their visit Andy MacFarlane, the guitarist, spoke with Late Night Wallflower about their involvement in a Radiohead tribute album, their early work as a band, and their respective relationships with America and the U.K. James Graham, the singer, even jumped in to answer a question about why their lyrics are focused on adolescence.

You guys recently covered the Radiohead song “Climbing Up The Walls” for Stereogum as a tribute to Ok Computer’s 10th anniversary. How did that come about?
Andy: That was kinda weird. Stereogum asked us like two weeks before it came out, so, we knocked something together really quickly but it seemed to work out okay.

Why did you choose that particular song to cover?
A: Well, they gave us a choice of a few songs, but, we felt like that one was the most obvious for us to play as far as our sound. We always felt like that song was one of the strongest tracks on Ok Computer anyway, so, we were happy to do it.
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Glasgow’s The Twilight Sad are embarking on a mini U.S. tour this summer after recently doing a full tour supporting Aerogramme. The last date of their tour is at Siren Festival in New York where they’ll play alongside The New York Dolls, M.I.A., and Matt & Kim, to name a few. The Twilight Sad’s debut album, Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters(FatCat), released last April, was an exercise in atmospheric orchestration similar to that of Sigur Rós that’s worth checking out for yourself.

07/13/2007 – Terrace – Madison, WI
07/14/2007 – Union Park – Chicago, IL (Pitchfork Music Festival)
07/17/2007 – Sonar – Baltimore, MD
07/18/2007 – Great Scott – Allston, MA
07/19/2007 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
07/20/2007 – The Oasis – New London, CT
07/21/2007 – Coney Island – New York, NY (Siren Festival)The Twilight Sad Myspace