If there’s one thing the Scottish hate, it’s the missed chance for a bloody great party. And with the country’s legendary T In The Park taking a year out in 2017, heckles were well and truly raised. In stepped TRNSMT, however, to plug the gap in the festival calendar north of the wall with three days of mayhem right in the centre of Glasgow. Leaning heavily on the likes of ever-grey Oxfordshire alt. miserabilists Radiohead (five boxes of hankies out of five, if you’re so inclined) and Leicester indie-louts Kasabian (we’ll call it four chucked-beers), it’s not going to be giving Download too much competition in the circle-pit stakes any time soon. Dodging the portaloos and puddles of sick on Glasgow Green, though, there was still an awful lot to get our teeth into…
Twin Atlantic’s Utterly Brilliant Homecoming
“Make some noise,” grins Sam McTrusty, “if you don’t give a f*ck about the rain!” The Twin Atlantic frontman isn’t exactly shocked by the Scottish weather, of course. In fact, he could barely be more at home at TRNSMT if the festival was being run out of his front room. Greeted by an absolutely enormous crowd, their Sunday afternoon slot seems laughably insufficient. They respond accordingly, owning the stage like headliners and setting a bar that only the mighty Biffy-fucking-Clyro stand a chance of reaching. Streamer Cannons. Confetti showers. Yes I Was Drunk raising the goosebumps. Sam chucking himself headlong into the crowd during a riotous No Sleep. Free drawing the breath from our lungs. Heart & Soul sending us off on an endorphin-rush high. Expect the local lads to be inhabiting the festival’s uppermost echelons next time they attend.