If bass player Laura Hyde of hotly-tipped Scottish band Dananananaykroyd is sick of people asking about her recent wedding to The Futureheads Barry Hyde, she doesn't show it.

She recently married the band's frontman, at Sunderland Civic Centre, after meeting him backstage at the Queen Margaret's Union venue in Glasgow four years ago.

It was a less-than-romantic encounter.

Laughing, she recalls: "We actually met in a corridor on the way to the toilets and just got chatting!"

But like every bride, she had an attack of nerves on the day. She says: "I was absolutely petrified on my wedding day and just thought to myself 'Oh my god, I'm getting married'.

"It was a great day though, and my nerves were eased when Barry couldn't get the ring on my finger and asked if anyone had some oil!"

After three years of playing together, Dananananaykroyd are finally leaving their bar jobs and careers at the BBC behind and committing to the band full time.

They arrive in Preston this weekend to play a gig for the city's HedMag promoters at the Kolor Bar, in Church Street, on Sunday, August 3. And with the NME praising them to the skies, it might be the last time you get to see them in such an intimate setting.

David Roy, 28, from Glasgow is the band's guitarist and chief music creator, while singer Callum Gunn, 22 from Livingston and drummer John Baillie Jnr, 24 from Glasgow, write the lyrics.

The move forward offers the band a more collaborative future in the studio, allowing guitarist Duncan Robertson, 28, drummer Paul Carlin, 28, and bass player Laura, 26, to contribute more.

Laura said: "We've recently signed with Best Before records, a fairly new label who work with (up-and-coming indie merchants) Johnny Foreigner. They're doing increasingly well, and we hope to follow their success. We start touring with them next month, and we're really looking forward to getting back out on the road. We always have such an amazing time."

Their recent mini-album Sissy Hits has done a lot better than they expected after problems at their previous label, Jealous Records, meant it was released six months late.

Laura said: "It could have gone either way really. The songs were evidently 'old' by the time the album was released but thankfully the issues with Jealous Records generated a lot of interest and we got extra Press because of it.

The label Holy Roar took over to release the album and two singles, Some Dresses and Totally Bone, have sold out so completely that fans still approach the band themselves for copies. But it's a lost cause.

Laura protests: "I don't even think I've got a copy myself now!"
Forthcoming single Pink Sabbath is more fast metal and less poppy than their previous work, and is their first song with new label, Best Before Records.

Before touring with Johnny Foreigner, Dananananaykroyd are off to New Jersey to record their next album, due for release in the New Year.

They also hope to tour Europe next year. So this weekend might be your last chance to check them out in your home town for some time.

* Dananananaykroyd play Preston's Kolor Bar on Church Street, on Sunday, August 3. Entry is £3, doors open at 7.30pm and the first band on stage at 8pm.