Skye’s the limit for Glasgow band Twin Atlantic

With Twin Atlantic’s new album, Great Divide, due to enter the charts today, the Glasgow group is tipped to become one of Britain’s biggest bands.

Three years and 300 gigs on from their 100,000-selling second album, Free, the foursome are on the cusp of greatness.

The album was largely recorded at Rockfield in Wales and the band had the chance to use the piano Bohemian Rhapsody was recorded on.

But the inspiration for the new music came from being on the road and playing to bigger and bigger crowds, rather than being in a studio setting.

Not only did Twin Atlantic fill the penultimate slot on the John Peel Stage at Glastonbury, play three dates with Kings of Leon, and perform on the main stage at T in the Park this summer, they’ve also been playing the Reading and Leeds Festival this weekend too.

The album was recorded during breaks in the months of sold-out tours and festival appearances and the band says it reflects the challenges of being on the road and the thrill of performing to thousands of fans each night.

“About 90% of Great Divide was written in the back of the tour bus,” said lead singer Sam McTrusty.

“Our adrenaline was through the roof because, for the first time, thousands of people had come to see us. You can’t hear 10,000 people singing a chorus back at you and not be changed by it.”

If the reaction to the album’s first single, Heart and Soul, is any indication, Twin Atlantic could be set to rival Biffy Clyro as the country’s biggest rock band.