North Ayrshire band Ocean Views are set to release their debut album next week.

The Irvine-based group have already made waves in the music scene, and the album will be launched on Friday, March 29 with a special event at Pitchers nightclub.

And they will be giving away a free copy of their CD with every ticket sold.

They will be joined on the night by local bands, including The Tokes and hopefully Evan Keen, with a band of their mates from Liverpool heading up too.

Ocean Views formed when founding pair Cammy Findlay and David Bothwell, both 23, left school at Greenwood Academy.

Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald: The CD coverThe CD cover (Image: Ocean Views)

Cammy, from Bourtreehill, plays the bass, while David, of Girdle Toll, plays guitar, and the pair both write and sing.

Around three years after forming, the duo become a trio when drummer Jack Dillon, 24, joined the band.

And after Jack, who lives in Springside but is originally from West Kilbride and is a former pupil of Ardrossan Academy, joined the band, things started to get serious.

The trio created their own studio in David's garage, and when lockdown hit they spent the time huddled away for nearly two years rehearsing everyday and writing the first album.

The band - who aim to sound somewhere between The Who, The View, The Jam, Stone Roses and The La’s -  released their first single 'Cider Blues' last year.

David said: "It's been busy! We won the Tenement TV competition to play the main stage at Belladrum, then we drove 200 miles down to play ButeFest the same day.

"We made pals with a band from Liverpool band called Riverstone at ButeFest who sorted us a gig down in Liverpool on Hallowe'en night, so we're returning the favour and getting them up to play the Pitchers gig with us. 

He added: "We also ended last year with a 500 ticket sellout at SW3G supporting Mickey 9s and we supported John Squires son Dillon at King Tuts in January.

"We've spent the rest of the year recording the second album which should be out this summer if everything goes well!"

The gig is being organised by Vinny Barton, who runs Live in the Shire Promotions.

David said: "It's our friend who's putting the gig together for his college course.

"We all came up with the name, it's a little community label we're hoping to start getting lots of local bands involved in future events."

"We had Cider Blues (which will be track one on the album) mixed by Scott Thomson, who also mixed Kirkcaldy indie band Shambolics, who inspired us to start up the band in the early days."

Their songs have already been featured on the 'BBC Music Introducing' show.