Twin Atlantic

When Glasgow's Twin Atlantic released their 2009 mini-album, Vivarium, it immediately found an awestruck audience. Grand, sweeping and moving, it was a collection of songs with a heart and soul, crafted by passion and informed by staunch lyrical and musical frankness. It set Twin Atlantic on a rollercoaster - one that has led, now, to the release of their full debut, Free, on Red Bull Records, an inspiring collection of songs full of ambition, pain, belief and soul. In a world of music dominated by talent show winners, mass-marketed bands and meaningless music, here, finally, is a band in which to invest your heart.

Formed in 2007 in Glasgow, and infusing their music with their Scottish heritage, Twin Atlantic found themselves caught in a whirlwind in the months that followed Vivarium's release. Support slots with the great and the good - from blink-182 to My Chemical Romance and The Gaslight Anthem - followed tours the length and breadth of Britain, Europe and America. Interviews, photo-shoots, magazine articles and newspaper pieces amounted to a blur of excitement and hype.

Their newest album, Free is an album of experiences. Having had their horizons broadened by touring the UK, Europe and America, they spent time gazing from airplane and van windows fearing the world he was seeing was becoming a more uniform place. It was a train of thought that unfolds throughout the record. Musically, too, they were ambitious. Forging on from Vivarium's expressiveness, Twin Atlantic wanted to make an album that was both vast and encompassing. Free's stunning vision, one built on elaborate songwriting aimed at the emotional core of its listeners. In each track, in each guitar line or beat, each lyric or phrase, it's an album in which the band's hearts beat and their souls shimmer. Twin Atlantic toured last Fall in the US with labelmates AWOLNATION. They return for more US tour dates beginning this week with You Me At Six and The Swellers.

• Twin Atlantic US Tour Dates:
• 1.24 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
• 1.25 Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room
• 1.26 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
• 1.27 Toronto, ON @ Sneaky Dee's
• 1.28 Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose
• 1.29 New York, NY @ Studio at Webster Hall
• 1.30 Worcester, MA @ Palladium Upstairs
• 1.31 Philadelphia, PA @ Barbary
• 2.01 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
• 2.02 Charlotte, NC @ Casbah
• 2.03 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
• 2.04 Orlando, FL @ The Social
• 2.06 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
• 2.07 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
• 2.08 Dallas, TX @ The Door
• 2.10 Mesa, AZ @ The Nile
• 2.11 San Diego, CA @ Soma Sidestage
• 2.12 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
• 2.14 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour

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