HIPPYS On The Hill return to Liverpool this weekend to showcase new material in front of a 'home town' crowd.

The Wirral band, supporting Always The Quiet Ones at the Masque in Liverpool on Saturday, May 14, have been rehearsing the new songs hard over the last few months.

They met at school in Wallasey, and for musicians of such tender years - none of them are older than 18 - they have built up a loyal fanbase, caught the attention of rock's older statesman Rick Wakeman, and featured in the national rock press.

Looking forward to this weekend's gig, bassist Sean McMinn-Davies said: "We always get excited about playing new material, and we know we've got to get it right before we release it.

"We've built up quite a fanbase now and some of our live shows have been amazing so we don't want to disappoint.

"We'd become a bit over familiar with some of our older stuff but that's not to say we won't play it – we're just promising a fresher sound and a few surprises. "Our songwriting process is pretty old fashioned really.

"We just start riffing off each other and that's pretty much it.

"That way we all have an investment in our songs and it suits us really well." The bandmembers met at school in Wallasey, and for musicians of such tender years (none of them are older than 18), have built up a loyal fanbase, caught the attention of rock's older statesman Rick Wakeman, and featured in the national rock press.

Sean continued: "Our fans are great and we feel we have their enthusiasm to live up to." As well as this weekend's show, the boys will headline 'Snubfest' at the Masque on Sunday May 22, and co-headline with Cheap Thrills at Liverpool’s 02 Academy2, on Saturday July 2.

Tickets and details are from their Facebook and Myspace sites or visit www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk or www.masque-liverpool.com