Twilight Override
Twilight Override is the fifth solo studio album by American musician Jeff Tweedy, released on September 26, 2025, via dBpm Records. It is a triple album.
Background and recording
Twilight Override is a triple album featuring 30 songs. It follows Tweedy's 2020 album Love Is the King. It was recorded at his Chicago studio, the Loft. It features contributions from James Elkington, Finom's Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart, and Liam Kazar, along with Tweedy's sons, Spencer and Sammy. Tweedy's decision to record a triple album was first inspired after he listened to The Clash's Sandinista! all the way through during a road trip with his two sons.In the album's press release, Tweedy expressed being overwhelmed by the "bottomless basket of rock bottom" of current social conditions, what he described as the "sense of decline" in the "twilight of an empire". He, however, concluded that he was unsure what exactly was "squeezing this ennui into day", and described the album as his "effort to overwhelm it right back". He further credited his recent prolific output to his belief that creativity aligns oneself against destruction, consuming the "darkness".
Release
Twilight Override was officially announced on July 15, 2025. Four singles were released the same day: "One Tiny Flower", "Out in the Dark", and "Stray Cats in Spain", and "Enough". The album was released on September 26, 2025, through dBpm Records. "Feel Free" was released on August 19, 2025, and "Lou Reed Was My Babysitter" was released on September 12, 2025.Following the remaining dates on Wilco's summer 2025 tour, Tweedy will support the album with "a full-band tour" of North America in October and November 2025, followed by a tour of Europe in February 2026.
Critical reception
Mark Deming of AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars, writing, "Twilight Override was created out of Tweedy's belief that "Creativity eats darkness," and while these songs rarely sound like they're brimming with joy, they act as an affirmation of life and hope even as they acknowledge the shadows, and it's his best and most rewarding solo album to date."Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.Musicians
- Jeff Tweedy – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, piano, 12-string guitar, electronic percussion, synthesizer programming, clapping, guitar
- Liam Kazar – bass, vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Spencer Tweedy – drums, vocals, percussion, synthesizer, piano, tambourine
- Sima Cunningham – piano, vocals
- Sammy Tweedy – synthesizer, vocals, synthesizer programming, piano, vocal effects
- Macie Stewart – violin, vocals, Mellotron, piano, synthesizer
- James Elkington – electric guitar, mandolin, acoustic guitar, piano
Technical and visuals
- Jeff Tweedy – production, mixing (recorded music)|mixing], engineering, design
- Tom Schick – production, mixing
- Stephen Marsh – mastering
- Mark Greenberg – engineering assistance
- Lawrence Azerrad – design
- Shervin Lainez – photography