Peace movement

They might share the same record label as AC/DC and Barbra Streisand but Peace have more in common with the artful leanings of Blur and the indie jangle that defined 90s Britpop.

The Birmingham-based quartet signed to Columbia in 2012 and a year later released their debut album, In Love, which reached the UK Top 20 and saw the ambitious foursome praised by NME. Peace toured with the Mystery Jets and soon after headlined their own shows at the Brixton Academy.

Second album Happy People sees the lads salute musical heroes, in particular Primal Scream, with plenty of psychedelic diversions and a self-consciously Gen Y message.

“When we made our debut album it was sort of like going through musical puberty,” singer Harry Koisser says.

“It’s such a long journey and struggle to get it out. It’s a weird and confusing time but by the time the second album was due, it’s like we grew up and came out of that experience as young adults.”

Harry and brother Sam started playing in bands around their native Worcester, England, as teenagers. The Koisser brothers inherited a love of music from their father, who made false teeth as a dental technician by day and spent weekends playing in a cover band.

“We were always at his shows ever since we were toddlers,” Koisser says. “Music has always been part of our growing up. I remember being obsessed with the loud pub music.”

Peace took a year to make Happy People, touring in-between studio sessions.

“When we finished the album I wrote three of the best songs I have ever written several weeks later,” Koisser says.

“We had to go back into the studio and record them.”

The kooky quartet have just recorded a dedication to Australia, with a track S’Up Australia circulating on social media.

Being in a band has always been a dream for Koisser. “I’ve always been ambitious and hungry for this life,” he says.

“When we played the Brixton Academy for the first time I just knew I wanted more.

“I have a lot of energy and every time we do something good, I can’t give us a round of applause. “ I’m like ‘Let’s push it’. I can’t be stopped.”

Peace playsGroovin’ the Moo in Bunbury on April 26 (sold out) and the Rosemount Hotel on April 28. Tickets from usual outlets.