Scottish rockers Twin Atlantic have released their fourth album today, which is named after Glasgow’s airport – GLA. The band, which includes Sam McTrusty, Ross McNae, Barry McKenna and Craig Neale have focussed on the aiport for the premise of the album, as it’s where they first get to when they come home from being away on tour. Frontman and lead vocalist Sam McTrusty said this:
“GLA is the code for our airport and the runway that has been our gateway to all the inspiring places we have travelled to around the world, and the same stretch of tarmac that has always brought us back home again.”
The album follows Great Divide which was released back in August 2014, and will see them journey around the UK in October on tour. The band haven’t toured the UK since May 2015 and took some time out last year to complete the album they never thought they’d write. After Great Divide, the band “Walked away from the band as if we were finished.” says Sam McTrusty in an interview for DIY. “It was like Twin Atlantic didn’t exist anymore.” The band spent time with their families and were getting used to live a more stable life off the road when they decided to put down their regular instruments and play around more, writing as and when they felt like it.
The band have reached number one in the UK rock chart and Scottish chart with their album Great Divide. Before GLA went on sale, the band released three songs – No Sleep, Ex El and The Chaser. The video for ‘The Chaser’ was released on August 19.
The track listing for the new album is below:
01. Gold Elephant:Cherry Alligator
02. No Sleep
03. You Are The Devil
04. Overthinking
05. Ex El
06. Vahalla
07. I Am Alive
08. Whispers
09. A Scar To Hide
10. Missing Link
11. The Chaser
12. Mothertongue
And the UK tour dates are:
07/10 Newcastle University
08/10 Manchester Neighbourhood Festival
09/10 Cardiff Yplas
11/10 Birmingham Institute
12/10 London Forum
14/10 Portsmouth Pyramids
15/10 Leeds Beckett University
16/10 Norwich Waterfront
10/12 Dublin Academy
11/12 Belfast Limelight
13,14,15/12 Glasgow Barrowland
