WITH their music being a mix of electric, soul, gospel, rock, Americana and folk, Polly and the Billets Doux are truly something different from every other band out there right now.

Formed in late 2000's, the four piece band has gone from strength to strength since the release of its debut EP Head of Steam and its first album Fiction, Truth and Downright Lies the following year.

After spending the next five years touring extensively and releasing several EP's, its second album Money Tree came out to rave reviews.

After the success of the last record, the band has no plans stopping anytime soon and has been working on their latest single Tourniquet.

In support of the new single, the Polly and the Billets Doux plan to tour the UK, which includes a date at Kings Tut tonight.

"We love Glasgow and we love King Tuts, we played there last May with a guy called Angus McRow," says to the band's vocalist Polly Perry.

"King Tuts is such a legendary venue, it was a big thing for us to be there in the first place.

"We loved it that night, King Tuts was one of our favourite nights of the last tour.

"We had an absolute ball and we're really looking forward to coming to Glasgow, should be one of the best nights on the tour."

Over the years, the band have developed a growing reputation as a must see live act, because of their varied and different gigs.

When they're not recording music, the band is continually touring across the UK, the rest of Europe and the States.

Polly says they enjoy touring and the perks it brings, but admits it can be difficult at times.

She said: "It's kind of the life you chose when you decide to become a musician.

"We enjoy being on the road, but it is a lot of work and It may seem like it's fun, fun, fun, but in reality there is a lot of driving and a lot of waiting.

"Then once you get to the venue it is sound-checking, waiting and playing.

"But what I love is going to new places and playing in new areas.

"I love playing and meeting new people and also meeting the other musicians who are also doing the tour."

Because of the band's music style which blends several genres, Polly says that every gig can be completely different from the next.

She said: "Sometimes we play gigs in art centres, were the audience is sat down and they want to listen to quieter folk, but the King Tuts night, we were doing insane guitar solos, harmonicas were out and we got really steamy by the end.

"We've got such a varied sound that our sets can be quite dynamic, we don't tend to stick with one sound throughout the set, which means we can be quite flexible set.

"Whether it is an art centre, a standard gig venue, a diving museum or an underground cabin, which is a strange place for a gig.

"We can do full on rock, striped back acoustic set, it just depends on the venue."

Polly and the Billets Doux are made up of Polly and the three former members of rock band Bully Cats Andrew Steen, Dan Everett and Ben Perry.

"They were doing really well, but when they got signed and half the band decided they didn't want to do this, so the band collapsed just before they reached the goal they were aiming towards," Polly said.

"At the same time, we were all living in a house together in a small rural town where everyone knows everybody and we just started jamming together in the evenings and began doing some gigs.

"It was quite causal in the beginning because the Bully Cats were their main thing, but after that fell apart the Billets Doux got more popular and our label wanted to do a single with us, that then became an album."

At the show in Glasgow, fans will be able to hear a number of new songs from the band, including their new single Tourniquet which came out earlier this week.

Polly says the song is about trying to achieve a goal, but are being held back due to forces outside your control, which she says is "something that happens a lot in music today."

Polly says when they write songs, they do so together with each member bringing their own strengths to every new piece of music.

She said: "Andrew is a really good wordsmith and will often have an idea in his head and their very well constructed.

"Dan comes with an idea of a rhythmic kind of thing and looks at the rhythms and beats and interesting time signatures.

"Ben the drummer, again he brings an idea to band practice and we work through them.

"I tend to improvise with their ideas and find melodies around them.

"Often our song and records can sound very different to each other, but lyrically and structurally it remands the same."

Between their second two albums, there was a gap of five years between them, but Polly says fans should expect a brand new album from them sooner rather than later.

"There is songs being formed as we speak, but our main goal is to get back on tour and once its finished get back in to the studio to work on the album," she added.

Polly and the Billets Doux

King Tuts Wah Wah Hut

Tickets - £9