“Stuck In A Car With You” will feature on Twin Atlantic’s upcoming 7th studio album, the name of which is yet to be released. The band’s frontman Sam McTrusty is producing and engineering their new album, and whilst they are in the middle of finishing the LP, the singer has teased fans on what’s to come by stating in an interview with NME that “there are a thousand guitars on the record.”

Sam McTrusty said on the subject of returning to the band’s original pop-punk sound “We’ve put our original fans through a bit of a whirlwind, because every record we’ve made almost sounds like a different band”

“With this record, we wanted to make something for the fans, and the kids who first started this band, ‘Stuck In A Car With You’ is a no-nonsense, fast-paced rock song that shines a spotlight on the emotion behind it.”

McTrusty continued, “Since we released [2011’s] ‘Free’ and [2009’s] ‘Vivarium’, fans have basically been asking us to make those albums again. We’ve never been that excited by revisiting the past, but enough time has passed that it felt interesting to do.”

“‘Stuck In A Car With You’ feels like a return but also, we know so much more about crafting songs now that it still feels fresh.”

Alongside the announcement of their brand new single, Twin Atlantic are hitting the road later this year on an intimate UK tour. McTrusty told NME “Maybe it’s a pre-midlife crisis where we want to go back to our teens, touring in a van to places we don’t normally go, but we’re really excited. The shows are going to be fucking amazing and we’re going to give fans an unforgettable night. We’ve been doing this for a minute now and we know how to put on a show. We’re just going to come in and absolutely smash it.”

We’re also very pleased to announce we’re back on the road for a special intimate tour in November. Tickets are on-sale tomorrow (Friday 15th) at 10am – https://t.co/LC4nmGHfL3 pic.twitter.com/bPQcfKNFCR

— Twin Atlantic (@twinatlantic) September 14, 2023

You can purchase tickets for the upcoming tour here.

Tour dates:

30/09/2023 – Misery Loves Company Festival – Bristol, UK

13/11 – The Crauford Arms – Milton Keynes, UK

13/11 – The Drill – Lincoln, UK

15/11 – Chinnerys – Southend-on-Sea, UK

17/11 – The Boileroom – Guildford, UK

18/11 – The Baths – Ipswich, UK

19/11 – The Forum – Tunbridge Wells, UK

21/11 – The Old Fire Station – Bournemouth, UK

22/11 – Hertford Corn Exchange – Hertford, UK

23/11 – The Welly – Hull, UK

25/11 – The Crescent – York, UK

26/11 – Bootleg Social – Blackpool, UK

27/11 – The Live Rooms – Chester, UK

The new track sees the band cover a lot of ground that they have previously, pop-rock melodies with rousing choruses and a little Scottish flair. Except this time the electronic attitude is given a little more room to breathe. Somewhere in between the guy at a party that wants to get everyone dancing and the guy at the back that appreciates the vibe… but doesn’t really want to be involved. Singer, Sam McTrusty, said this about the track on the band’s socials, “Dirty is one of those songs that was just so fun to write and record. It’s a song that’s been in the Twin Atlantic camp for a few years, so was written pre lockdown when Ross and I were going to the studio everyday. I went through a stage of saying everything was “dirty” when it was good, to the point of the ridiculous, so when this type of song started to come together I wanted to make fun of that. Everything else in the song is themed after that, things that on the surface are great, but have a darker background. After more than 10 years of making sincere, heartfelt and almost serious music it was a big relief to just have fun with all the songs people have heard from Transparency so far.”.

 “Dirty” being the 4^th single to be released before the album, hasn’t actually been graced with a video, so see below the video for the first single, “Bang on the Gong”.

Since 2007, the band have always presented itself as a 3-piece (with the obvious 4^th touring member as every official 3-piece has) but in September, long-term drummer Craig Kneale announced his departure from the band. The departure doesn’t seem malicious in any way as the band wish him farewell with encouragement that “The drum stool will always have your name on it”, Kneale then addressed fans saying, “this feels like the right time for me to jump off and try something new”. This obviously moves the band into a different place musically, in an interview with NME regarding the sound of the new project; McTrusty states, “We promised ourselves when we started that we would never make the same album twice”. So as all great bands do when met with a difficult time, they are taking a, “more lo-fi approach.., kind of more back where we started”. The age-old paradox.

Best of luck with the next adventure Craig. The drum stool will always have your name on it. pic.twitter.com/WLDUkl2fFX

— Twin Atlantic (@twinatlantic) September 3, 2021

As well as releasing a new album, the band will also be embarking on a 10th-anniversary tour of their breakthrough project Free next year. Get tickets and full details for the tour here.
05/05/22 – Opium – Dublin
06/05 – The Limelight – Belfast
08/05 – Roundhouse – London
09/05 – Boiler Shop – Newcastle
11/05 – Ironworks – Inverness
12/05 – Barrlowlands – Glasgow
15/05 – Stylus – Leeds
17/05 – O2 Ritz – Manchester
18/05 – O2 Academy – Bristol
19/05 – O2 Institute – Birmingham