THERE’S a psychedelic happening at the Old Fire Station tonight with highly-rated indie band Temples.

The four-piece band released their glorious debut album Sun Structures last month and have been praised by Johnny Marr and Noel Gallagher as the best new band in Britain, no less.

24Seven caught up with bassist Thomas Warmsley about life on the road, the new album and being labelled retro. Temples have been touring non-stop since January, something that pleases the band.

“It’s good, and something we’re used to now. Since we started Temples we’ve toured almost non-stop, and when we’re not touring we’ve been writing and recording the album.

“We’re flat-out busy, but that’s the way to be and long may it continue,” says Thomas.

The new album Sun Structures has won plaudits from critics and fellow musicians alike. Not least from Noel Gallagher and former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr.

“We feel it captures everything we’ve achieved as a band to this point, which is all we can hope for really. There are songs we’ve been playing live for a while, but importantly there are songs that are fresh. It’s important to keep things moving, and we’ve already got songs we’re playing that aren’t on the album,” added Thomas.

With an abundance of 60s musical references on the album and a strong vintage image, have the band got fed up with being called retro?

“ In an ideal world we’d be seen as not one thing more than any other, there are lots of influences involved.

“There are nods to the records we all love, but they’re from all over the place.”

The future looks bright for Temples with their kaleidoscopic sound set to gain more fans.

“We’re very pleased to have some space to play live now and not worry about writing, and it’ll be later this year before we start thinking about the second album properly.”