IT has been an exciting year for Coasts, with 2015 set to be even bigger and better.

The Bristol-born five-piece had a great time playing Radio 1’s Big Weekend, sold out their largest headline show to date at Dingwalls, London, and mostly recently released their new EP A Rush of Blood.

Dave told the Advertiser: “It’s a collection of songs that show where we’re at as a band at the moment. It’s got two upbeat singles on it with, ‘A Rush of Blood’ and ‘Let Go’ and then two slightly slower, more brooding songs in ‘Wash Away’ and ‘Lions’, which showcase a side to us that people might not have heard from us before. We’re really happy with it as an EP and I think it sets us up well for the album next year.” To coincide with the release, the band are currently on the road for their UK-wide headline tour which will see them take to the stage in Broadcast, Glasgow, on Sunday 30 November.

It’s a gig they are looking forward to. Dave said: “We’ve played Scotland a few times, but we haven’t played a proper gig there for about a year now I don’t think. We played at Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Glasgow and we played a warm up show at Broadcast before that, they were both really fun.

“I think Scottish crowds are certainly different to English ones and they are more animated and keener to engage you which is great.” For Coasts, playing live is the best part of being in a band which is lucky, as there is plenty of it lined up for next year – with touring worldwide on the agenda and American festivals such as Coachella, SXSW and Lollapalooza already booked in.

They are also currently writing for their debut album which is due to come out at the start of summer, hopefully in June.

The emphasis is very much on making the best album possible and Dave explained: “Obviously your debut album is such a massive thing and especially with the way music is consumed now, I think you only really get one shot at making an impact now.

“With that in mind we wanted to create quite an instant album that people can connect with easily.

“It’s been a long time in the making and there are songs on there that are some of the first that we wrote as a band so it’s a real collection of the past three years which is a nice thing. I think it sums up our progression as a band well.

“We wanted to avoid trying to write an album that sounded like anything current and just make the album that we wanted to make.

“I think that good songs will transcend genres no matter what genre they are written in. So we tried to avoid getting pinned down to making an album that all sounded like it was one specific ‘sound’.” For them the most important thing when making music is producing something they would listen to, that they think people will engage with.

Dave added: “We want to make music that we’d like to listen to and also that we think people will engage with.

“We have no qualms about admitting that we do write big pop songs and that’s because we do listen to a lot of pop music and so obviously that translates in to our music.

“We try to make music that we think will connect with people and invoke a reaction in them and also to make music that is quite immediate for the listener.” Quickfire questions: - Pub or club? Club.

- Tea or coffee? Neither.

- Favourite superhero? Catwoman.

- Favourite villain? Joffrey.

- Song of the moment? Years & Years – Desire.

- Favourite movie? Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

- Biggest starstruck moment? I met the bassist of AFI in a pub in Bristol before their show once whilst he was playing a quiz box. I think I was pretty starstruck at that young age.

- Favourite season? Summer.

- Day or night? Night.

- Secret vice? Alpen. I love cereal.