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The Vamps' Connor Ball on their debut album: 'We love the mix of songs'

UK group The Vamps are gearing up to release their debut studio album, entitled 'Meet The Vamps', and member Connor Ball sat down with EntertainmentWise to talk about the record. 

When asked about the full-length offering, Ball joked: "It's awful you don't want to hear it! No, it's very energetic – we've got slow songs but then there's the party tracks which when we play them live we can just jump about and have fun. We like the mix."

He also confessed that they recorded a song with One Direction songwriter Savan Kotecha, which made the album: "He's very talented and he's got loads of great ideas so it's good that we're able to work with him, he's really cool. We've done one track with him for the album."

The 'Last Night' heartthrob also dismissed reports of rivalry with other boybands and pop/rock groups, adding that they're all supportive of each other: "We haven't met One Direction but we're friends, and we've spoken to 5 Seconds of Summer the last few times on Twitter. We're also friends with Union J as we've done quite a lot of shows with them. There's no competition!"

'Meet The Vamps' is due to be released on April 14 and the lads have also just been confirmed to support Austin Mahone on some of his upcoming north American tour dates

Check out the band's album sampler here: