As the saying goes, with great risk comes great reward. Contending with setbacks, failures, and start-overs is all part of the journey to greatness, but as Twin Atlantic frontman Sam Mc Trusty discovered at the start of 2020, it's often a delicate balance to strike.
Signing a major label contract for the first time in their career ahead of the release of 'POWER', their triumphant electronic led fifth studio album, the Glasgow outfit seemed to be riding an unstoppable wave as they headed into their latest era, but behind the scenes, things proved to be a little more complicated.
There was so much risk involved in 'POWER' because we came off the record label that we'd been with for ten years and had to self-fund everything. It was the most intense experience I've had in my life, Sam starts.
I'm not sure if it was stress or some form of mental breakdown, but my brain reached its capacity. When the album came out, I'd lost three stone, and I was falling asleep mid-conversation, but I kept saying to myself, 'It's stressful to put a record out, this is normal'.
Turning a blind eye to the cracks that were beginning to show, shortly after the album's release Sam and his bandmates, Ross McNae [bassist] and Craig Kneale [nowformer drummer], headed to their studio in the east end of Glasgow to begin work on a follow-up.
When we were making 'POWER' we had three or four extra songs that any band would kill to have. When we signed to Virgin EMI there was a big discussion about holding them back for the next record, and I defaulted to their judgment, but there was a niggle in the back of my head, the frontman recalls.
This story is from the February 2022 edition of Rock Sound.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the February 2022 edition of Rock Sound.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
LIGHTS ON
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WAIT, BUT ONE OK ROCK ARE WELL AND TRULY BACK WITH 'LUXURY DISEASE'. IN THIS BRAND NEW, EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, TAKA MORIUCHI WALKS US THROUGH THE JOURNEY HE AND HIS BAND TOOK TO WEATHER THE PANDEMIC, CREATE ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS OF THEIR CAREER, AND TAKE ON AMERICA ONCE AGAIN. THIS IS THE STORY OF AN ERA.
THE FIRST...YOUNG CULTURE
ALEX AND GABE WALK US THROUGH THEIR BAND'S BABY STEPS.
TREY MILLER
CHERIE AMOUR | TREY WALKS US THROUGH THE TO-DO LIST.
PERFECT TEN
10 NEW RELEASES YOU NEED TO HEAR
GET BACK
RETURNING TO THE ROOTS OF WHY THEY LOVE ALL OF THIS SO MUCH, THIS IS HOW TURNOVER SET ABOUT CRAFTING THEIR LATEST COLLECTION OF STUNNING ALTERNATIVE BANGERS...
HELL ABOVE
FROM THE MOST CHALLENGING TIMES, FIT FOR A KING HAVE CREATED AN ALBUM THAT AS HEART-WRENCHING AS IT IS VITAL. HERE, RYAN KIRBY TALKS US THROUGH HOW HE MADE SENSE OF IT ALL...
TO LOVE AND TO LOSE
THROUGH THE BEST AND WORST DAYS OF HIS LIFE, RORY RODRIGUEZ HAS CRAFTED SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SONGS OF DAYSEEKER'S CAREER SO FAR. THIS IS HOW HE MANAGED IT...
BREAKING THROUGH
EIGHT BANDS YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS MONTH
HOLY FAWN
BREAKOUT NEW MUSIC FIRST | MURKY, ETHEREAL BRILLIANCE FROM PHOENIX.
FITTING IN
DE'WAYNE IS BACK WITH A MORE FOCUSED, REFINED FOLLOW-UP TO HIS BRILLIANT DEBUT. IN THOSE FAVOURITE BLUE JEANS...