Killed My Parents and Hit the Road

The Twilight Sad Killed My Parents and Hit the Road is a compilation album by Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad, released by FatCat Records on 8 December 2008. The compilation is composed of live tracks, covers and previously unreleased material, and was made to "help fund their tour with Mogwai" in late 2008.[1] The compilation was initially limited to 1,000 CD copies only, and was only made available at live shows, in independent record shops, and at FatCat's official website.[2] The CD has not been repressed, but the album was made available digitally shortly after the CD release, and pressed on vinyl for the first time in November 2019.

The Twilight Sad Killed My Parents and Hit the Road
Compilation album by
The Twilight Sad
Released8 December 2008
Recorded2006–2008
VenueO2 ABC Glasgow (live tracks)
StudioChem19 Studios; home recordings (demos and studio tracks)
GenreIndie rock, shoegazing
Length49:49
LanguageScottish English
LabelFatCat
ProducerThe Twilight Sad
The Twilight Sad chronology
Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did
(2008)		 The Twilight Sad Killed My Parents and Hit the Road
(2008)		 Forget the Night Ahead
(2009)

The album artwork and name are homages to the 1990 Sonic Youth album Goo. According to vocalist James Graham, the Goo pastiche was the idea of guitarist Andy MacFarlane. Graham commented, "[The Twilight Sad] were playing in America with Mogwai [...] and Thurston Moore [came] to the gig. So we were thinking 'fuck' and hoping he didn't see the merchandise table. They haven't sued us though. Yet."[3]

The first six tracks were recorded at the ABC in Glasgow on 9 October 2008. "Untitled #28" and "Untitled #27" were later featured on the band's second studio album, Forget the Night Ahead, as "The Neighbours Can't Breathe" and "The Room", respectively.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Andy MacFarlane and James Graham, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Walking for Two Hours" (Live) 5:02
2."That Summer, at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy" (Live) 4:09
3."Untitled #28" (Live) 5:45
4."Cold Days from the Birdhouse" (Live) 5:54
5."And She Would Darken the Memory" (Live) 5:23
6."Twenty Four Hours" (Live; Joy Division cover)Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris5:08
7."The Weather Is Bad" (from the short film Brilliant Noise) 5:09
8."Half a Person" (The Smiths cover)Morrissey, Johnny Marr3:36
9."Untitled #27" 4:05
10."Modern Romance" (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover)Karen O, Nick Zinner, Brian Chase2:14
11."I Was Hoping Winter Was Over" 3:17

Release history
Country Date Label Format Catalogue #
Europe 8 December 2008 FatCat Records CD FATCD87
15 November 2019 LP FATLP87
LP (limited edition yellow-coloured vinyl; Rough Trade exclusive) FATLP87LTD

Credits
  • James Graham – vocals
  • Andy MacFarlane – guitar, noise, mixing ("The Weath-er Is Bad")
  • Craig Orzel – bass
  • Mark Devine – drums
  • Martin "Dok" Doherty – keyboards (tracks 1-6)
  • Iain Cook – mixing, mastering
  • Andreas Jonsson – recording (tracks 1-6)
  • Peter Katis – recording, mixing ("I Was Hoping Winter Was Over")

References
  1. "MySpace - The Twilight Sad". Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
  2. Fat Cat Records - The Twilight Sad Killed My Parents and Hit the Road
  3. Musoguide - The Twilight Sad - The Same But Different
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