Walt Disco: "Hopefully we can appeal to people who feel a bit different"

Glasgow's Walt Disco are going from strength to strength this year. With sets supporting the likes of Sports Team, Black Futures and Interpol on tour, and festival appearances at city buzz-fests Live at Leeds and The Great Escape - they've certainly had a lot on.

Playing London's Electric Ballroom with fellow hype-merchants Sports Team was a particular highlight, lead singer James Potter explains. "We only found out the day before that we were playing it as the support had pulled out and we were playing the rest of the tour. It was the biggest stage we've played. It was amazing."

It's no surprise that they've found themselves so booked up with gigs though, they've been turning heads with their raucous live shows for a while now. "Everyone is a great musician in the band, we don't have to worry whether anyone is going to play a part right, they just will," says James. "I've always found being on stage for a show a bit easier than being in the studio, people can listen to your music at home, so you've got to give them something more when you're live, people are paying for a show."

Their tour with Sports Team saw them venture out of Scotland and down south, visiting places that some of them had never been to before such as Margate and Oxford. Following this stint with ten days on the road with Black Futures, and Walt Disco have well and truly been thrown in the deep end when it comes to living life on the road. "It's not like a movie, not that mental," James laughs, adding" "Being in a moving vehicle when you're hungover… that's not fun."

They survived though and luckily for us, haven't been put off too much. Having recently released ‘Strange To Know Nothing', recording in London with Chris from Catholic Action and Seth from Sistertalk, the track is an 80s-infused indie dance bop that quickly leaves a lasting impression. "I wanted it to be this grand dance track," James reveals, explaining that they wanted to see how much ridiculousness they could fit into a three-minute track.