Being featured on a new Kerrang! CD for the ‘new breed’ of British rock music has it’s benefits as Calum Doris, guitarist in Glasgow upstarts Flood Of Red was quick to point out:

“We were down in London and partied at the Kerrang: New Breed CD launch, after that the dudes from The Blackout, us and a whole posse of folk ended up having a battle rap with some crazy young rappers. Dale (the band’s keyboardist) killed them all though!”

The band: Jordan (vocals), Calum (guitar), Dale (keyboard), Graham (drums), Sean (guitar), and Jamie (bass) formed just over a year ago taking influence from pop punk, death metal and everything in between.

Since then they’ve signed to Small Town Records and released their screamo, post-hardcore tinged sound on their debut EP Lost In The Light in January:

“We really want to get it out so everyone can hear it,” says Calum, “We’re happy with the way it turned out and hope that people will like it as much as we do!”

The band has built up a huge MySpace fan base of over 30,000 friends, an impressive number. Despite this he realises that live shows are still more important than the internet:

“I’d much rather be on stage, driving around in our van, or hanging out at shows than tallying up internet popularity. I don’t think anyone takes MySpace that seriously but it lets us get our sound out and keep in touch with friends, so it’s definitely useful.”

The journey so far hasn’t always proved to be easy for the band. Recent tour dates with Penknifelovelife were cancelled because their van broke down, twice. Seeing as touring is an important part of being in a band is the van fixed?

“Yeah sort of, it’s got a huge crack in the windscreen and our heaters don’t work which is awful,” he laughs, “Just this morning I installed a new windshield wiper so we can see where we drive when it rains!”

Despite their problems, Calum insists that the band are looking forward to touring the country: “We always look forward to shows, especially places we’ve never played before. I enjoy seeing new things, places and people,” he says.