Fire Track: The Twilight Sad – “Waiting For The Phone Call (feat. Robert Smith)”

The Twilight Sad + Robert Smith Deliver an Emotional Gut-Punch with “Waiting for the Phone Call”

The Twilight Sad are back — and they’ve brought The Cure’s Robert Smith along for the ride. Their new single “Waiting for the Phone Call,” out now via Rock Action Records, is a storm of emotion wrapped in swirling guitars and pure catharsis. Smith’s unmistakable guitar work deepens the track’s haunted pulse, while frontman James Graham pours out a heart-wrenching story about loss, mental health, and the kind of phone call that changes everything.

In Graham’s words, the song was born from grief and self-reflection — the kind that cuts to the bone. It’s both therapy and reckoning, turning pain into sound with an honesty that’s rare in modern rock. And it’s a thrilling preview of the band’s long-awaited next album, due next year.

The Scottish duo—James Graham and Andy MacFarlane—have built one of the most emotionally charged catalogs of the past two decades, from Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters to It Won/t Be Like This All the Time. Each release has pushed their noise-laced melancholy further, finding beauty in heartbreak and chaos in hope.

Alongside the new single, The Twilight Sad announced a massive 2026 UK and EU tour, followed by select shows with The Cure this summer.

UK / EU Headline Shows
April 12 – Milan, Legend Club
April 14 – Zurich, Bogen F
April 15 – Munich, Ampere
April 16 – Berlin, Gretchen
April 18 – Copenhagen, Loppen
April 19 – Oslo, Parkteateret
April 20 – Stockholm, Slaktkyrkan
April 22 – Hamburg, Grünspan
April 23 – Utrecht, Tivolivredenburg Pandora Hall
April 25 – Cologne, Gebäude 9
April 26 – Brussels, Rotonde – Botanique
April 27 – Paris, Le Trabendo
April 29 – Bristol, Electric Bristol
April 30 – London, Roundhouse
May 2 – Manchester, New Century Hall
May 3 – Newcastle, Boiler Shop
May 5 – Glasgow, Barrowlands
May 6 – Glasgow, Barrowlands
May 9 – Dublin, Button Factory

With The Cure
June 24 – Cardiff, Blackweir Fields
June 26 – Dublin, Marley Park
June 28 – Belfast, Belsonic
July 10–12 – Berlin, Wuhlheide