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The band have been compared too the likes of Vampire Weekend, Wu Lyf and Foals with their album winning critical acclaim across the board. To have such praise for their first efforts must be a proud achievement and now eight months down the line, Koisser looks back on the album as a true reflection of the band. "The record feels like us and what we sound like as a live band recorded. It was exactly as we played it live so it made sense for it to be our debut."
2013 then saw the band splashed across the covers of some of the biggest music publications in the UK, before they released single 'Lovesick' in June. But for frontman Harry, it wasn't until festival season that their early career success was hit homt: "Playing Reading festival really marked where we'd gotten too as we'd come back to England after touring abroad for a while and released a record."
Peace were also seen as one of the leading bands marking the revival of guitar led indie music in 2013. Although that trend seems to have faded as the year progressed, Peace's success hasn't: "There's a kind of revival every year but its been really good for us. It's gone way better than I expected! It's all been uphill and it hasn't even peaked yet as we have a tour at the end of the year. So that's when we can really judge."
Koisser went on to explain that he believes it isn't guitar led music thats the leading trend of 2013, but something much broader: "It's music with actual character written by someone who has something to say. I guess those people tend to be in bands more than pop stars so maybe it lends itself to guitar music more. But that's what I think should be popular music."
Peace are currently on their biggest tour to date, with 13 shows across the UK, and Koisser admits the band never expected to be so popular, but have big plans for their fans: "It's very cool! I didn't think we could do that many shows, that big, in such a short amount of time. It's quite confusing in a good way. We've got loads planned but I don't want to reveal any!"
It's not just a tour fans should be excited about though, as the lads have a second album in the works which they've already begun working on - and will hear the band work to a completely different set of rules to their debut: "It's a lot more stimulating for us as we now have the chance to do all the things we wanted to do in the studio and make the sounds we want to make rather than going with the flow and seeing what happens.
"We're thinking a bit more. So in terms of songs, the first record was just me shouting and emotional vomiting. This one is more the world being chewed up and spat out again. I feel strongly about this record and it seems like its going to be really good."
The bands early and rapid success is something to be admired, and it seems to come down to their pure determination to make music for their fans. Harry had a strong opinion on bands like his own to realise how important it is to focus on the music rather than expanding their brand or having petty spats over social networking sites like Twitter: "I genuinely think that bands should stop focusing on themselves as a brand and concentrate on making music. When you're recording music and making a sound, it makes people feel things and that's why its so interesting in the studio and why we do it."
So it looks like 2014 is going to be a big year for Peace with their aims set firmly on making music and their new album. "We're definitely taking it more seriously instead of fucking around. So 2014 should be our year," said Harry.
Peace are on tour now in support of their debut album 'In Love'. For more information visit Gigwise gig tickets.
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