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. 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. 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 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, " were playing in America with Mogwai and Thurston Moore to the gig. So we were thinking 'fuck' and hoping he didn't see the merchandise table. They haven't sued us though. Yet."

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.	Title	Writer(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 Morris	5:08
7.	"The Weather Is Bad" (from the short film Brilliant Noise)		5:09
8.	"Half a Person" (The Smiths cover)	Morrissey, Johnny Marr	3:36
9.	"Untitled #27"		4:05
10.	"Modern Romance" (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover)	Karen O, Nick Zinner, Brian Chase	2:14
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
	15 November 2019		LP (limited edition yellow-coloured vinyl; Rough Trade exclusive)	FATLP87LTD

Credits

James Graham – vocals
Andy MacFarlane – guitars, noise
Craig Orzel – bass
Mark Devine – drums
Martin "Dok" Doherty – keyboards (tracks 1–6)

Production

Iain Cook – mixing, mastering
Andy MacFarlane – mixing ("The Weath-er Is Bad")
Andreas Jonsson – recording (tracks 1–6)
Peter Katis – recording, mixing ("I Was Hoping Winter Was Over")

References

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

External links

v t e The Twilight Sad
Studio albums	Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters Forget the Night Ahead No One Can Ever Know Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave It Won/t Be Like This All the Time
EPs	The Twilight Sad Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did The Wrong Car
Compilations and live albums	Killed My Parents and Hit the Road No One Can Ever Know: The Remixes Òran Mór Session It Won/t Be Like This All the Time Live Òran Mór 2020
Singles	"That Summer, at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy" "And She Would Darken the Memory" "I Became a Prostitute" "Seven Years of Letters" "The Room"
Related articles	Discography The Fruit Tree Foundation Chvrches

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