THE faces making up White will be familiar to anyone who’s followed the Glasgow music scene over the past few years.

There’s three of acoustic popsters Kassidy in there, the former singer of art rockers the Low Miffs and the drummer of rockers Garden of Elks.

The music they’ve released so far has proved different to their old bands though, with Living Fiction and Future Pleasures euphoric, funky 80s tinged pop that’s geared towards filling dancefloors.

“I think we always want to get a mixture where you make people dance but scare them slightly as well,” explains singer Leo Condie.

“I like the music of the post-punk era where it challenges people but it’s still danceable, like Talking Heads - they were one of the biggest pop bands on the planet but with so many interesting ideas. I’ve always thought that was the ideal to strive for, where you challenge people but still have a song there.”

The likes of the aforementioned Talking Heads, 80s era Bowie and post-punk acts like Japan seem the most obvious influences in the White sound. The fivesome are gearing up for their biggest headline show yet at Stereo on July 17, and they’re rapidly becoming one of Scotland’s most talked about new bands.

It helps, of course, that they’ve all got some previous experience. Leo met Kassidy guitarist Hamish Fingland through a mutual friend to discuss a possible side-project, and it wasn’t long before their enthusiasm for it soon the side-project become the day job, with Kassidy bandmates Lewis Andrew and Chris Potter joining up.

A few months later saw the arrival of Kirsten Lynn on the drums, recommended to the group because she “hits the drums harder than anyone else”. They kept their cards close to their chest at first, and deliberately haven’t made much of their music available online

Now they have several festival appearances on the horizon, and are on the books of RCA Records.

An album is still some way off, though, but new release Future Pleasures establishes the band with a bang.

“We released it as a calling card, because it’s not even an obvious single,” adds Leo.

“It wasn’t even that obvious to us, and we spoke about it and thought it was weird enough to be right - it’s not pure pop, it doesn’t have a chorus or repeat itself, so there’s an edge to it.

“I’m pleased it’s gone down much better than even we expected, which has been great.”

Given that three of the group had gigged together, with reasonable success, it’s easy to imagine Leo struggling to fit in at first. He insists that wasn’t the case.

“I’ve played in enough bands to know how band politics go, but I found it pretty easy,” he adds.

“We all want the same thing and we all want to work towards that - there’s no-one lagging behind, saying they’re not sure if they want to be in a band or anything like that. Ideally we all want to make a living out of this.”

The next step in that plan comes at Stereo, following on from two sold out nights at SWG3’s the Poetry Club earlier this year. Leo’s aiming for the gig to be more unpredictable than your average show.

“I always think the biggest sin in music is people going away bored, so I love gigs when people are not sure what’s coming next, as long as it’s still enjoyable,” he says.

“Rock music can be so predictable at times, just guys going onstage and doing their thing, so we want people to leave thinking they’ve seen something interesting. It’s the stereotypical marmite thing, that’d be better to be loved or hated than people just saying ‘they’re alright, I’ll put their music on when doing the housework’.

“I’m the frontman, I don’t do well with people wanting me in the background…”

White, Stereo, Friday July 17, £8, 7pm