Twin Atlantic: “It’s gonna be intimate and fun”

It’s been a massive year for Twin Atlantic: from playing huge festival stages to selling out the The SSE Hydro up in bonny Scotland, it’s safe to say that the band finished up their ‘Great Divide’ cycle with a bang. Things aren’t quite over just yet, though…

“We were very ready to play a show of that size,” frontman Sam McTrusty reveals, on the subject of their humongous hometown show back in May, “with the years of touring and playing to thousands upon thousands of people supporting bigger legendary acts. On the other hand, it was our first time on our own so that made it feel strange. To be the main event in that surrounding was validating and we managed to share it with family and friends seeing as it was a hometown show.”

Luckily for fans, the quartet will be giving their second album one final airing before work begins on album number three, when they appear on the tour at Leeds’ Brudenell Social Club. “[We’ve] never played at the venue before so we’re looking forward to something new but we’ve played Leeds many many times and in fact it was one of the first cities in England that really gave us a fanbase outside Scotland and for that reason it will always feel special playing there.

“We just make sure that everyone leaves feeling good and energised at any of our shows,” says McTrusty, of thee more intimate setting. “It’s easier in a smaller room because I could literally walk over and shake you! It’s gonna be intimate and fun, personal and passionate!”