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They are about to release their debut album, but newcomers Glasvegas are making fans and music like old pros, and their confidence and singularity of purpose is such that, next up, they're off to Transylvania to make a Christmas record. They talk to Brian Boyd

ALL THOSE polls at the turn of the year which were predicting the new big noises of 2008 seemed to focus exclusively on Adele and Duffy - with the pair of them sweeping all the "newcomer" awards before they even had their debut albums out. The band who came in at number three in most of these polls were barely mentioned: but more than one person will tell you that Glasvegas are stronger musically than Adele and Duffy put together, and are not just the best new band in Britain this year but quite possibly the world.