ONE of Scotland's biggest rock bands are heading for Selkirk next month, writes Gregor Nichol.

As part of a major European tour Twin Atlantic have pencilled in a date at the Victoria Hall on July 14.

The chart-toppers from Glasgow are playing in the likes of Madrid, Amsterdam, Berlin, Edinburgh, Liverpool and London to promote their fourth studio album.

And they also performed at the Isle of Wight Festival last weekend.

The band played at King Tuts last week and they recently played in front of 13,000 people at the SSE Hydro.

Twin Atlantic's new album, GLA, comes on the back of previous chart success with Vivarium, Free and Great Divide.

GLA was written in Glasgow, and the band travelled to Topanga Canyon in Los Angeles to record the album, working with Jacknife Lee (U2, Snow Patrol, Two Door Cinema Club).

The songs of GLA are possessed of powerful complexity and nuance.

The perfect polished pop songs have been ditched, replaced by tracks that are just as compelling, but also possessing new depth and sophistication, while never shedding that primal Twin Atlantic kick fuelled by bass player Ross McNae and drummer Craig Kneale.

And they are personal and from-the-heart in a way the group have never before delivered.

Twin Atlantic arrive in Selkirk on Thursday, July 14.

Don't miss next week's Border Telegraph for an exclusive interview with the band.