Frightened Rabbit drummer and Scott Hutchison’s brother Grant becomes full-time member of The Twilight Sad

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The Twilight Sad.The former Frightened Rabbit drummer and brother of the band’s late singer and guitarist Scott Hutchison has played a number of live shows with the Scottish band since the departure of their original sticksman Mark Devine in 2018.

Another touring drummer, Sebastien Schultz, has also played with the band in recent years.Hutchison took to his Instagram over the weekend to announce that he is now a full-time member of the band.“And so starts a new thing…although it doesn’t feel so much like a new thing as it does a continuation of a life I thought maybe I’d lost after Scott died,” Hutchison began in his post. “I really want to avoid trying to get too wordy and philosophical here because I’m not good at either of those things so I’ll make it simple and concise.“It’s not every day you get the chance to join your favourite band and play some of your favourite tunes and @thetwilightsad is the only thing that comes close to being what @frabbits is to me.

Knowing that I’ll be walking on to every stage alongside Andy, James, Brendan and Johnny gives me the confidence to do it.A post shared by Grant Hutchison (@grabbit)“I’m looking forward to seeing some familiar faces in the crowd and hopefully some of the @frabbits fans who have carried on the message of kindness and community over the past few years.

I know most people reading this will have a love for both bands so getting to celebrate that with sweaty people in sweaty rooms again is going to be so special.”He continued: “The main reason I can do this though is because I have the most incredible partner in @jaye.hutchison.