Anyway, I am currently working on a novel, tentatively entitled Section U: The King of the Glampires. Some of you may remember my fiction page having a short story called ‘Glampires’ posted some time ago. To be honest, even to call it a short story is taking the piss, as it was simply something I’d written with no real beginning or end. Or middle.

I was messing about with it a few weeks ago, and actually quite liked it. Although the piece already on the website may or may not make it into the final cut (assuming there is one) I am currently sitting on about 12,000 words worth of story which I am actually quite happy with. It still needs edited etc, but the bones of it are ok.

I’ve had to go back and write a prologue, which I have done a few pages of tonight. I am posting this without editing, checking etc, but if anybody likes it I will be happy to put the next bit up.

See it here

Cheers

Cloody

Wish I could be there, but can’t wait to see video footage nonetheless.

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Anything Fence is usually worth going to, and from 5pm until Midnight this promises to be a rowdy (i.e. completely and utterly pished) affair.

Anyway, here’s the link to the official Fence site where you might be lucky enough to find some tickets left:

Fence Collective show in Glasgow!.

Followed, of course, by the timeless (and better) original version.

The Wrong Car

Before I start, I should make it clear I am biased when it comes to the Twilight Sad. For my money they are the finest band to come out of Scotland for some time – indeed, I cannot think of a better Scottish band since Arab Strap.

Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters was released to critical acclaim in Spring 2007, the band’s first long player and a collection of nine fantastic songs, from the slow build opener ‘Cold Days from the Birdhouse’ to stonewall classic ‘And She Would Darken the Memory’ this was as exciting a debut album as I’d heard for years.

I honestly thought they’d struggle to equal it with the ‘difficult second album’ but one listen of single ‘I Became a Prostitute’ blew all of those fears out of the water. The rest of the album, of course, is equally brilliant.

So what next? I don’t often get excited about new singles / EPs these days, but I genuinely did rush home on Monday 27^th to download ‘The Wrong Car’ from itunes. Of course, the excellent video for the title track has had a lot of hits from this particular part of Glasgow since it appeared on youtube, but the quality of sound is never perfect there, is it?

The lyrics, as ever are dark, disturbing and downright fucking tremendous. They’re not going to cheer you up, but it would hardly be The Twilight Sad if they did. The title track is epic, seven minutes and twenty nine seconds of beautifully crafted guitar music. I cannot, honestly, recommend it highly enough.

The second new track, ‘Throw Yourself into the Water Again’ is also mighty fine. With it’s ‘dancing over your grave’ lyrics and squally guitars it’s maybe not quite such a towering achievement as ‘The Wrong Car’ but that is no disgrace. It’s quite immediate, if that makes sense, and will no doubt be responsible for mass moshpits when played live.

The two remixes, ‘The Room’ by Mogwai and ‘Reflections of the Television’ by current tour co-headliners The Errors are very different beasts. Going by the other reviews I’ve read, the former seems to be the most popular, but for me it doesn’t really add anything to the original. The Errors, in my opinion, eclipse this with their almost dancey background music in ‘Reflections of the Television.’ I really like this.

I always look forward to TS acoustic versions. Unfortunately as yet I haven’t been able to get my hands on the Limewire sessions, which displeases me greatly. Anyone who can help, let me know.

Here, we have a reworking of ‘Throw Yourself Into The Water Again,’ followed by ‘I Became a Prostitute.’ Both are great. Many acoustic versions offer nothing new, but because the originals are so heavy, these are like different tracks altogether. Which is how it should be.

10/10

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