Jeff Tweedy Brings ‘Twlight Override’ Bookends To ‘Colbert’

Jeff Tweedy appeared on last night’s episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The Wilco frontman delivered “Enough” on the late night program and offered a bonus performance of “Lou Reed Was My Babysitter”

The songs bookend the third disc on Tweedy’s 30-track triple LP, Twilight Override. Jeff Tweedy’s latest solo collection arrived on September 26 via dBpm Records.

Jeff detailed his prolific output and the subject matter on Twilight Override in a statement:

“When you choose to do creative things, you align yourself with something that other people call God. And when you align yourself with creation, you inherently take a side against destruction. You’re on the side of creation. And that does a lot to quell the impulse to destroy. Creativity eats darkness.

“Sort of an endless buffet these days—a bottomless basket of rock bottom. Which is, I guess, why I’ve been making so much stuff lately. That sense of decline is hard to ignore, and it must be at least a part of the shroud I’m trying to unwrap. The twilight of an empire seems like a good enough jumping-off point when one is jumping into the abyss.

“Twilight sure is a pretty world, though.” He added.

Tweedy’s live band includes his children Spencer Tweedy and Sammy Tweedy as well as Sima Cunningham, Macie Stewart and Liam Kazar. Watch Jeff Tweedy and company perform Twilight Override cuts “Enough” and “Lou Reed Was My Babysitter” on Colbert below:

Jeff Tweedy also sat down to chat with Stephen about his new album and playing music with his children. Check out the interview:

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