Scottish rock group Glasvegas have been pumped up so much by the British music press they could very well explode any day now.

After having Oasis discoverer Alan McGee stating they could be the "next biggest band in the world" earlier this year, there's been nothing but high praise for the quartet's bombastic, guitar-driven songs. So much so that Glasvegas is opening for U2 on a handful of dates in the U.K. this summer.

But according to lead guitarist Rab Allan, coming across the pond has been something of a different story.

"We could definitely feel a buzz at the start of 2008 which is when things were kicking off for us in Britain -- but in terms of America, no, not really" Allan says prior to a gig in Manchester earlier this year. "We were in Canada about two weeks ago, we did a show in Vancouver but it didn't feel like there was a buzz."

The band -- consisting of Allan, lead singer (and cousin) James Allan, bassist Paul Donoghue and stand-up drummer Caroline McKay -- playing a sold-out show at Toronto's Mod Club tomorrow, released their self-titled debut album last year, a record which immediately drew comparisons to The Jesus & Mary Chain

Allan says the album, recorded in New York and co-produced by James Allan and Rich Costey, came from a fairly easy creative process.

"Most of the album had been demoed before we went to America to do it," he says. "So when we got there it was really just a case of Rich making it sound sonically really big."

And for the most part, they have succeeded. Whether it's the strong It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry, the terribly catchy Geraldine or the opener Flowers and Football Tops, Glasvegas have tapped into something dark but genuine, fitting an arena-sized sound into cramped, sold-out venues.

This despite the fact Flowers and Football Tops concludes with a snippet of You Are My Sunshine.

"In my opinion the You Are My Sunshine part just sums up everything about that song and the different things that happen to you. I think those words sum it up pretty well," Allan says.

Perhaps the strangest thing Glasvegas did in 2008 was heading to a church in Transylvania to work on and record new material literally weeks after the debut came out. However, due to time constraints, the group ended up releasing the "mini-album" A Snowflake Fell (and it Felt Like a Kiss) in early December.

"We're not really a band that will do something and then sit back and smoke cigars and think, 'Well how good is that?' " Allan says. "We're always thinking ahead to the next thing. I mean just now we're working on the second album."

While Glasvegas plan to spend most of 2009 on the road, Allan says the idea is to head back into a Los Angeles studio in early 2010 to record the sophomore album.

Just don't expect all the hoopla and hype surrounding them to go straight to their heads.