Twilight Sad, The Vinyl Records
An uncommonly well-named band, the Twilight Sad's music is defined as much by their brooding yet empathetic songwriting as it is by James Graham's pronounced Scottish burr and Andy MacFarlane's massive guitars. On early albums such as 2007's Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters, the vast expanses in their songs and rustic touches like accordions were borrowed from post-rock and folk, but they continued to innovate as the years passed. On 2012's No One Can Ever Know, they reimagined industrial and motorik sounds, and took their music to anthemic heights on 2014's widely acclaimed Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave. By the time they honed their post-punk chops on 2019's It Won't Be Like This All the Time, the Twilight Sad proved they were adept at revealing different shades of heartbreak and hope with each release.