Òran Mór 2020 (stylized in all caps, also written Oran Mor 2020[1]) is a live concert album by Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad, released as a "pay-what-you-want" download via Bandcamp by Rock Action Records on 26 December 2020. It features only vocalist James Graham and guitarist Andy MacFarlane, together with some programmed drums.
| Òran Mór 2020 | ||||
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| Released | 26 December 2020 | |||
| Recorded | October 2020 | |||
| Venue | Òran Mór | |||
| Genre | Post-punk revival, indie rock | |||
| Length | 43:35 | |||
| Language | Scottish English | |||
| Label | Rock Action | |||
| Producer | Andy MacFarlane | |||
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Background
editThe album is the soundtrack to a live concert video recorded in October 2020 at Glasgow venue Òran Mór, which was shown as a paid stream on 5 December 2020, and was only available for viewing on that day.[2] It features eleven tracks taken from all five of the band's studio albums, along with a cover of The Cure's "M".[3] On 25 December, in a Twitter post wishing a Merry Christmas, the band said that they "also hear that sometimes the best presents arrive on the 26th". The following day, they announced that the concert video would be available to purchase again for three days (free to previous ticket holders), and also that the soundtrack would be released that day.[4] It is titled to distinguish it from their previous acoustic Òran Mór Session, recorded at the same venue in 2015.[5]
Track listing
editAll lyrics are written by James Alexander Graham, except "M" by Robert Smith; all music is composed by Andy MacFarlane, except "M" by The Cure
| No. | Title | Original version appears on | Length |
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| 1. | "3 Seconds of Dead Air" | The Twilight Sad EP | 5:13 |
| 2. | "VTr" | It Won/t Be Like This All the Time | 4:14 |
| 3. | "That Summer, at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy" | Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters | 3:41 |
| 4. | "And She Would Darken the Memory" | Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters | 2:55 |
| 5. | "The Room" | Forget the Night Ahead | 4:27 |
| 6. | "Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave" | Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave | 3:18 |
| 7. | "Sick" | No One Can Ever Know | 4:27 |
| 8. | "Alphabet" | No One Can Ever Know | 4:27 |
| 9. | "Keep It All to Myself" | It Won/t Be Like This All the Time | 3:00 |
| 10. | "M" | Non-album cover song; originally from the Cure's Seventeen Seconds | 2:47 |
| 11. | "Last January" | Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave | 5:06 |
Personnel
editMusicians
- James Alexander Graham – vocals
- Andy MacFarlane – guitars, programming
Production
- Andy MacFarlane – producer
- Michael Brennan – mixing
Release history
edit| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue # |
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| Worldwide | 26 December 2020 | Rock Action Records | Download |
References
edit- ^ "Oran Mor 2020 | The Twilight Sad". Thetwilightsad.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "The Twilight Sad – Òran Mór Performance Film". Òran Mór. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "The Twilight Sad announce "stripped-back" Òran Mór concert film". NME. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "The Twilight Sad re-stream Òran Mór performance film and release live album". NME. 26 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ McElroy, David. "The Twilight Sad – Oran Mor Session". Scottish Fiction. Retrieved 27 December 2020.