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Those upstart Scotsmen in the Twilight Sad are as intent on soundtracking our summer as they were on comforting us through those Autumns and Winters. On June 10 in the U.S. and June 9 in the UK, Fat Cat will release the EP Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did. It will be available digitally and on vinyl in the UK and digitally in the U.S. (a vinyl U.S. version is in the works).

The EP features the previously unreleased title track, a cover of a Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair song ("Some Things Last a Long Time"), and re-workings of four tracks from their 2007 LP. Instrumental contributions come from My Latest Novel's Laura McFarlane (violin) and Aereogramme's Campbell McNeil (bass), and it was recorded and mixed by Iain Cook of Aereogramme.

Touring has slowed a bit for the Twilight Sad, but they still have a handful of shows scattered across the spring and summer. And if you'd like to help the band out while they're on the road, but aren't heading to Dunfermline, Scotland or Gdansk, Poland any time soon, check out Insound's Give More Get More program.

Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did:

01 And She Would Darken the Memory
02 Cold Days From the Birdhouse
03 Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did.
04 Mapped by What Surrounded Them
05 Walking for Two Hours
06 Some Things Last a Long Time

The Twilight Sad:

05-15 Dunfermline, Scotland - Carnegie Hall
05-17 Brighton, England - Theatre Royal *
06-01 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC2
09-12 Gdansk, Poland - Klub Parlament

* with Nina Nastasia, Frightened Rabbit, Silje Nes