LostAlone are one of the most promising acts in the British rock scene, with impressive support slots under the likes of Paramore and 30 Seconds To Mars under their belts.

The three-piece released their debut album 'I'm A UFO In This City' in early March and we caught up with them in Glasgow whilst they were out on tour to find out more.

You've just played a gig supporting alt-rockers InMe. How's the tour going so far?

(Alan Williamson, bass): It's been absolutely amazing. It's been the most intense UK tour we've done. Tonight is gig number 23, and we've only had like two days off as well - but I'm loving it. Even the two days we had off I was just at a loose end - I'm just into the routine of playing every night.

Are you into the whole touring thing then, or does it become a bit of a drag?

(Mark Gibson, drums): As a band, we're really into touring. We feel like that's what we should be doing. I think we want live to be different to the record too. I want people to listen to the record and then see us live and it be different and not just like listening to a CD.

Do you tend to go for the polished feel on record then?

MG: I think because of the stuff we want on the record, like instruments and stuff, then we tend to go quite big on the albums, and there's certain things we can't recreate live.

AW: One of the tracks with gang vocals has like 130 backing vocals in it, which is quite hard to do with a three-piece live...

MG: I think there's an energy live. I don't think any band can capture on record what it's like when you're stood in front of a band watching them. We try and capture it, but live is what we love doing and I hope that comes across.

AW: The three of us absolutely love it. That half hour...you can have the worst day, like an awful day. A horrible day. And then for that half hour you just love it, and you come off and you're still pumped full of adrenaline. You can't beat that. I think to do that like 38 days or whatever in a row is just like…I don't wanna stop.

Are you still high from coming off stage tonight?

AW: Right now, honestly I am. Starting to come down now that my sweat has turned into cold sweat, but yeah, playing Glasgow is always a big deal for me. My mum and dad are here.

It seems like you've played a lot of support slots over the years. Are you kind of getting fed up being the 'support band'?

MG: We've been offered those tours and it's kind of hard to turn it down, but at the time when we were doing those tours, we didn't have an album ready - there was nothing around it, so we did a tour and then we didn't play a show for six months. Those tours came out at a weird time when we didn't have a record ready, whereas now we've got an album.

Do you think your sound suits the arenas you played on those tours?

AW: I think it really does. Steve [Battelle, guitar/vocals] can really work the crowd and have fun with them. It still works as long as you're having fun.

MG: I think it was quite daunting at first doing those big shows, but then we instantly felt at home. We love all aspects of it though. I love playing small shows.

So what does the album sound like - what sort of bands have influenced the sound?

AW: See, this is the one question in any interview we all struggle with. When Steve was writing the songs, he was listening to loads of Meat Loaf, and in America when we were recording it he was listening to the Beatles and Marina and the Diamonds. We've got loads of influences but we don't know what it sounds like. I always say it's like classic rock music.

MG: Some people say they hear Queen influences with the harmonies, whilst some people say it's a bit like Muse, but I don't really hear that myself. I hear the influence of Queen with the harmonies, cause they're a big part of our band. I think every band says 'We're doing something really unique', but I'd just say it's good rock guitar music with ridiculously big choruses and vocals. The thing is, there's a lot going on, and we have guys that are into metal who like us, we have guys that are into more like My Chemical Romance style stuff, and they like us. There's quite a lot of genres. I'd never want to be part of scene or anything like that, but the bottom line is that we're not going into a room saying 'We want to sound like this'. We just sound like how we sound.

The producers you had on the album have worked with some pretty big name pop acts in the past.

AW: Greg Wells worked with Katy Perry and Mika. He's always really loved his pop music but it just so happened that Katy Perry and Mika went huge, so then he was known for stuff like that, but he's also done stuff like Deftones.

MG: The thing is, it's great to have an ear like that who has got such a broad spectrum of music behind them. I think both producers didn't steer us in any direction, they just kind of made our band sound as good as we could sound.

Do you think the likes of Katy Perry came through in your music via Wells?

AW: I don't think it came through in the music, but I like Katy Perry, and I know Steve likes her as well. I just like a good song and a good melody.

Do you think 2012 is the year of LostAlone?

AW: It's the year where we want to just tour loads. We've got all the next album ready and demoed, so it'd be great to get a start on it. I think we are going to have such a busy year. But if we're busy, we're happy.