Twin Atlantic's Sam McTrusty opens up about 'mental breakdown' in new album
dailyrecord.co.ukTwin Atlantic frontman Sam McTrusty opened up in an interview about his mental health battles while the band toured for fifth album, Power.
Whilst the group were on the road, Sam struggled with an unknown illness and his wellbeing deteriorated as a result.The 34-year-old revealed he had a "private mental breakdown" during the period.The Twin Atlantic frontman told NME Magazine: "I had a kind of private mental breakdown – I mean, they’re all serious in their own right, but I’m still downplaying it."It’s such an alien concept to me.
I hit a brick wall in my mind, then my mind was shutting down my body."We were having doctors come out to the studio, and I was trying to walk on stage saying to the guys, ‘I can’t f****** do that, I’m going to faint, I’m going to be sick’.
Still to this day, I don’t really know what that was.”However, it was just one battle after another for the band as then the coronavirus pandemic hit - putting a blunt end to all their plans for the foreseeable.Sam continued: “Then it was, ‘Oh, my god, I’m gonna be bankrupt next week.
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