THEY are still near the start of their journey in music, but 2015 has already been a memorable year for one Southampton band.

Indie-rockers Howland, have only had their current line-up for a few months, but that hasn’t stopped them making a mark on the local music scene.

They’ve just released their latest single and this summer played their biggest gig to date supporting popular North East band Little Comets at The Joiners on St Mary Street.

Lead singer-guitarist Tyler Adams, guitarist Lee Vincent, bassist Tim Beavis and drummer Ben Roe spoke exclusively to the Southern Daily Echo about how they have already achieved so much in so little time.

“It was only back in February that we watched Little Comets at The Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth, so to be the main support at one of their sold out Reading Festival warm-up shows was really special” explained Lee.

Howland got together as Ben and Tim knew each other from being in another band and were also friends with Tyler. They then found Lee through Facebook and it wasn’t long before the tunes started rolling.

Their first ever gig was at The Railway Inn in Winchester, but they have become familiar fixtures around Southampton too.

This summer the band has even ventured outside of Hampshire to play The Enterprise in Camden which is well known for promoting new bands in the capital.

“That was quite a modest gig for us as we’re not known in London” said Tim, “but it was great to help us prepare for our next lot of shows.”

The group’s latest single is called Bruises and is available now on SoundCloud.

“The idea of that song came to me about four years ago, but it was only recently that it’s become a fully-fledged number which we’re all really pleased with” explained Tyler.

“We recorded it with our producer Paul McGeachie, The track was put down in Lee’s front room where the acoustics were surprisingly good” said Ben.

“The drums sounded fantastic.”

The band are inspired by groups like The Libertines and The Strokes and they include a couple of covers by The Vaccines and Circa Waves in the current set.

Their name is from a character in fantasy drama Game of Thrones, although Tim jokes it was spelt out to him one day in a cloud formation.

They practice at Planet Sounds in the city centre, but this autumn the lads will head off to different universities across the south to study either music production or education.

“We’re spreading out to places like Bath, Bristol and Oxford” said Tim. “We will definitely keep going, though we know we will have to plan ahead to meet up and practice”

“In fact, going to university gives us brand new places to get to know, so it could end up being a neat tour circuit for us!” added Lee.

Before then the band play Al’Burrito Bar, Albert Road Portsmouth on Saturday, September 12.

For more on Howland check out their Facebook page Howlandmusic, Twitter @howlandmusic and onSoundCloud at howland-music.