Plymouth band Haunt the Woods prepare to capture their audience and mesmerise them with a powerful set - full with costumes, psychedelic visuals and raw emotion - at the Barbican Theatre on Halloween.
Since gaining a manager in Sam Mumford, ex A&R (artists and repertoire) manager at RCA Records and Imagem music, Haunt the Woods have become a name that's not to be forgotten.
The lads - Jonathan Stafford on vocals and guitar, Phoenix Elleschild on lead guitar, Olly Bignell on percussion and Alex Skinner on bass guitar - cannot wait to play on Saturday and have even taken on the role of being the booking agents and promoters themselves.
Frontman Jonathan says: "Organising our own gigs is something we have been doing for a while now. We like to take control of our shows and choose the support acts we have and book the venue."
The support will come in the form of Gareth and Annie and Wildwood Kin. The guys will transform Barbican Theatre into a spooky venue showcasing incredible music.
Alex spills the beans: "The set is going to be really psychedelic - it's going to look quite cool. We are dressing up like Mexican Day of the Dead. We have got some visual stuff planned as well. We would love people to come dressed up!"
But Jonathan isn't so keen: "I'm very anti dressing up! I will just wear a suit."
He adds: "We want all our gigs to be as good as they can be. We want to make all our gigs exciting for people and tomorrow we will play three new songs that haven't been performed live before. It's really important to us to put on a good show for people."
The lads, who are all 21 years old - except 19-year-old Phoenix, have had an amazing summer after playing on the main stage at Boardmasters and supporting Dry The River, Sunset Sons and more recently Brother and Bones in Plymouth.
Jonathon says: "We really care about the local music scene. We really want to build a scene down here and make people want to see music in Plymouth.
"We would love Plymouth to have its own little folk revival.
"We used to gig two to three times a week but we haven't gigged in Plymouth for about a month now. We don't want to gig all the time in the city - we want to make each show as good as it can be for the crowd."
The band admit to What's On that they think next year will be an exciting time for them but already they are getting fans to their shows and selling huge amounts of tickets.
After only been together for just over a year, it would seem that a close friendship bond and honest emotions have allowed the guys to shine.
Jonathan says: "We're all really close friends. I have never told the rest of the band what the songs are about but they know me well enough to get the meaning behind them. Often they can relate their own life experiences to the lyrics.
"All the lyrics I write are 100 per cent about my life. When I play new songs live, I am pumped, because the emotion is so fresh."
Alex adds: "I think that helps us as a band as we are able to connect on an emotional level. It helps with the live show as well because everyone can interpret the lyrics in their own way."
The four-piece are yet to release an album but have been busy recording new tracks in London ready for an EP. The band admit their manager, Sam, has taught them lots. But it's obvious they know what they want.
"We are building a team that we want to work with. We are learning about autonomy at the moment. A record label doesn't like anything more than a band coming up with ideas and we are already doing that. We are that kind of band," Jonathan says.
He continues: "We have the songs to record another EP but we want to make sure we get everything right step by step and do not want to rush anything we do'
"We want to focus on an organic growth locally, We want to grow gradually and make sure that each and everyone of our fans grow with us.
"I'm driving a Mitsubishi where the petrol light is always on! We are just obsessed with music and not in it for the fame. If we get lots of fame and money then 'cool' - if not then 'oh well!'"
Alex says: "We are aiming to release some new music next year and really build the music scene down here. We want to be the band that you can't ignore locally. Our dream would be to play on the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury."
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When and where: Saturday 31 October, Barbican Theatre