26. The Twilight Sad – “It Won't Be Like This All The Time”

Yep, sound the indie klaxon as we have a rare non-metal entry within the upper levels of this list. The Twilight Sad are Robert Smith’ of The Cure’s favourite band and they seem to have become their perpetual support act. Subverted pop is the best I can do to describe it. The songs on here initially seem to be harmless melodic and accessible indie pop. But then you listen closely and the distortion and fluctuating guitar tones appear. None of the tracks are as simple as they seem, this is actually a dense melting pot of looping melodies and pitch black lyrical content. The Goth, post punk and shoe gaze touches emerge the more you listen to it and by the time you reach the end you realise you have listened to a completely different album than you expected.