Glasgow natives Twin Atlantic will be gracing hmv Manchester for an exclusive live performance on Tuesday 12th
Following an intimate performance guaranteed to thrill their devoted fans and rock music lovers alike, Twin Atlantic will be signing copies of their greatly anticipated new album GLA, in-store. This will be a fantastic opportunity to catch the band in an intimate live setting before they embark on a two month long European tour.
The songs of GLA – from riff, to lyric, to guitarist Barry McKenna’s searing lead lines – are possessed of powerful complexity and nuance. The band have made a decided change from the perfectly polished pop songs in their previous three albums, replaced by tracks that are just as compelling, but also possessing new depth and sophistication, while never shedding that primal Twin Atlantic kick, fuelled by bass player Ross McNae and drummer Craig Kneale.
The track, ‘No Sleep’ from GLA was premiered earlier this summer by Annie Mac as the Hottest Record in the World on BBC Radio 1. Proving that Twin Atlantic’s work on GLA is personal and from-the-heart in a way the group have never before delivered.
GLA was written in Glasgow, and the band repaired to Topanga Canyon in Los Angeles to record the album, working with Jacknife Lee (U2, Snow Patrol, Two Door Cinema Club) who produced some tracks for previous Top 10 album Great Divide (2014). Under his direction, they eschewed old school recording techniques, taping their parts separately. This change in their recording process marked the grander ambitions of the new songs, while their dream mixer Alan Moulder (best known for his unforgettable work with Arctic Monkeys, Foals, Foo Fighters and My Bloody Valentine) came aboard to give the album the essential finishing touch.
Lead vocalist, Sam McTrusty says of the latest album GLA and its undeniable connection to their home city, Glasgow;
“This is where we come from. It’s laced in our blood not to mention our art and vision. It’s bold. It’s in our voice. It’s time to embrace it and not work around it. This album is our reflection of what it’s like to come from a city at the forefront of multiculturalism, both forward thinking and with a real sense of community, but also with a dark and rough history. We have changed our approach to writing and recording; we turned the idea of a rock band upside down, conforming only to this one idea – to take back rock and roll. To give people something real again. You can’t get more real than Glasgow.”
While speaking about recording the album, McTrusty said;
“Recording an album is unlike anything else that I do, it is more intense and yet more relaxed than live singing. As nervous as I am to be putting this album on record forever, I am equally excited to try to make each song the best possible performance I can.”
Twin Atlantic will appear at:
HMV Manchester, 92, Manchester Arndale Shopping Centre, M4 2HU Tuesday 12th September at 6:00pm
