The Room (song)

"The Room" is a song by Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad. The song was released as the third single from the band's second studio album, Forget the Night Ahead. It was released on 5 April 2010 on Fat Cat Records.^[1] The song features violin by Laura McFarlane, of fellow Scottish band My Latest Novel,^[2] and was the first song to be written for the record.^[3]

"The Room" was first released as an acoustic version, under the title "Untitled #27," on the band's 2008 compilation album Killed My Parents and Hit the Road. The title of the song was inspired by the 2003 Tommy Wiseau movie, The Room.^[4]

The B-side of the single is an acoustic version of "The Neighbours Can't Breathe," a song also featured on Forget the Night Ahead.

Music video

The video for the song^[5] premiered on 25 February 2010 on The Line of Best Fit's website.^[6] It was directed by Nicola Collins, whose filmmaking work includes the award-winning documentary The End. The video features David Lynch's granddaughter in the starring role.^[7]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Andy MacFarlane (music) and James Graham (lyrics).

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Room"	4:35
2.	"The Neighbours Can't Breathe" (Acoustic)	3:55

Credits

James Alexander Graham – vocals
Andy MacFarlane – guitar
Craig Orzel – bass
Mark Devine – drums
Produced by Andy MacFarlane
Co-produced by Mark Devine and Paul Savage
Recorded and mixed by Paul Savage
Mastered by Alan Douches
dlt – artwork

References

External links

Single synopsis at Fat Cat Records

The Twilight Sad

James Graham Andy MacFarlane Mark Devine Craig Orzel

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

EPs	The Twilight Sad Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did The Wrong Car N/O/C/E/K Tour EP Oran Mor Session

Compilations	Killed My Parents and Hit the Road No One Can Ever Know: The Remixes

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" "Sick" "Another Bed" "Last January" "I Could Give You All That You Don't Want" "It Never Was the Same"

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