The Twilight Sad – IT’S THE LONG GOODBYE

Review

"IT'S THE LONG GOODBYE" finds The Twilight Sad sounding focused, bruised, and frighteningly composed, like they’ve taken all that familiar sorrow and carved it into something colder and sharper. The record leans into grief, memory, and emotional pressure without letting everything spill over at once, which makes its quieter moments feel just as intense as the loud ones. I love how controlled it feels; there’s a real sense of weight here, but it never turns messy or overstuffed.

Songs like "WAITING FOR THE PHONE CALL," "DESIGNED TO LOSE," and "BACK TO FOURTEEN" pull the album between close-up hurt and jagged release, giving it a bleak pulse that keeps shifting under your feet. By the time "TV PEOPLE STILL THROWING TVS AT PEOPLE" crashes in at the end, the whole thing feels like a farewell that refuses to fully close the door. For fans of The Twilight Sad’s stormy, human brand of despair, "IT'S THE LONG GOODBYE" lands as one of their most affecting and carefully built statements. - Ava