After recently returning with news of their brand new, eighth studio album Separation From The Animals out October 2nd via Dance To The Radio, Scotland’s Twin Atlantic deliver the next installment of music in the shape of the anthemic ‘Supersweetness’ – listen here.
The new single follows ‘Don’t Quit It’ & ‘In Your Eyes’, and carries on the album’s declaration of truth and brutal honesty. ‘Supersweetness’ is that taste of the bright side, and a huge open-armed rocker which sees frontman Sam McTrusty enlist the help of his young daughters on backing vocals.
Separation From The Animals is an album born of two tales of triumph and perseverance – one of McTrusty grappling with his own ghosts, and the other of their finest album to date coming after a time when band morale was at an all time low. The day the band finished work on their last album, 2024’s Meltdown, was also the day McTrusty packed up his entire life and studio to start a new life in Toronto with wife and two kids, unaware of the rich seam of songwriting that it would inspire. In Canada, with just his studio and his past to reconcile with as he navigated his new life, McTrusty found himself in that ‘tunnel’ once again.
Now with the emotional maturity to face that pain and take ownership of his identity, McTrusty has shaped those feelings into an album that leans on classic ‘60s and ‘70s influences while still maintaining Twin Atlantic’s quintessential heartfelt, anthemic, arena-shaking DNA, with bassist Ross McNae helping steer the record’s transatlantic creation as co-producer. Founding member Barry McKenna also remained integral to the album’s sound, adding key finishing touches in Toronto, marking the first time in years that all four founding members have recorded together on a Twin Atlantic record for years.
Now, on their most accomplished record to date, the band are at their most raw and exposed, with nothing to hide from anymore. “This is what we’ve always been but with the veil lifted”, McTrusty concludes. “I hope people hear the record and it inspires them to do that and be more honest with themselves.”
The band will also return to the road with a 6-date headline run in October – tickets here.
OCTOBER HEADLINE TOUR
16th – LEEDS, Stylus
17th – BIRMINGHAM, O2 Institute 2
18th – NEWCASTLE, Boiler Shop
20th – LONDON, Islington Assembly Hall
21st – MANCHESTER, Gorilla
23rd – GLASGOW, SWG3
24th – DUNDEE, Fat Sams
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