Indie stars Wolf Alice can’t wait to get back to the Barrowland – because they feel that the Glasgow venue is one of a dying breed.

The group release their second album, Visions Of A Life, today and have two nights booked at the Barras in November, as well as an instore appearance at HMV on Argyle Street next Wednesday.

For singer Ellie Rowsell, the November shows will be extra special due to the location.

“It feels like anything that’s good and independent cannot survive anymore,” she explains.

“I love somewhere like the Barrowland, it’s really, really cool. There’s a really old school vibe to it and I’d hate the idea of somewhere like that being taken over or being refurbished because it (the vibe) adds so much to it.”

Earlier this year the band put their money where their mouth is and toured several smaller cities and towns, testing out new material while trying to find interesting venues to play. The group are clearly disappointed at the amount of venues being forced to close down across the country.

“Music should support the everyday person and originality, and it’s just becoming a capitalist money making machine,” says Ellie.

“That element has always been there, but it seems like it’s taking over more and more, and the soul is being sucked out of it all. It’s devastating to see the amount of independent venues closing down.”

Ironically, the band’s second album is more about the personal than the political, even if early single Yuk Foo sounded like a ferociously noisy call to arms. Debut album My Love Is Cool displayed the band’s eccentric talents, from grunge-flavoured rock melodic pop, and their latest release does the same, jumping from style to style.

“We had a lot more time and confidence, especially with the songwriting, than on the first album,” says Ellie.

“I think we were a bit braver with our decisions. I mean, we’ve not been too experimental, but on something like Visions of A Life (the song), it’s quite riffy and psychedelic, and very rock, in a way that we were too self-conscious to put out before.

“It’s about not being too concerned about what other people want from you. It’s about doing what appeals to you and it’ll work out for the best that way. You can’t really do something you’re not keen on to the best of your ability, so it’s about doing something you’re passionate about.”

Perhaps that explains why Wolf Alice tackle different types of music with breathless excitement. Although the new album was recorded out in Los Angeles, the majority was written beforehand, with plenty of ideas coming while they were still on the road.

“What I love doing the most is just writing songs, so it wasn’t like I was going ’right, time to write the next album’, it was just that I was carrying on writing as normal,” adds the frontwoman.

“I didn’t find it easy at the time, but when I came off the road I realised I had a whole bunch of stuff. It’s quite hard to make fully formed demos on tour, but you can have lyric ideas or riffs recorded as voice memos, and then when you have a little bit of time off you can start to flesh it out.”

Despite trips to Los Angeles and an unexpected taste of the silver screen in the new film On The Road (the movie’s plot is centred around a Wolf Alice tour) the band aren’t getting carried away with rock star tour demands or wildness.

However they have clearly adapted to being a bigger band than before, with Ellie speaking out more and more in the past couple of years. She’s voiced her support on several occasions for Jeremy Corbyn, and the band have played benefit show to help refugees.

“I think everyone can make a difference, whether you’re in a band or not,” argues Ellie.

“As an artist and a musician you have a lot more attention on you, so it is much easier to get your voice heard, but with social media now you can get your opinions out there for everyone to hear. This day and age is a lot more black and white (politically) than before, and if you feel you know what’s right and wrong then you should speak out.”

Wolf Alice, Barrowland, November 11/12, £19, 7pm. Visions of A Life is released today and Wolf Alice will appear at HMV next Wednesday, 5.30pm.

JONATHAN GEDDES