Venice-based Terraplane Sun are preparing to release their new Friends EP on October 16th. If you haven’t heard of this buzz-band, think feel-good bluegrass meets gritty rock meets soul and little bit of country. And, as for their looks, well think rock-star heartthrobs…

The five-piece recently hit the stage at the Sunset Strip Music Festival and are launching a West Coast tour alongside fellow Angeleno’s The Mowgli’s this week. The new E.P. will be the follow-up to their 2011 album Coyote.

Here’s what the fuss is all about – just listen to the laid-back groove of Get Me Golden:

The band’s style of danceable indie/rock with soul/blues leanings has them poised to make some big-league noise soon, as their July residency at the Satellite did in its own right. Get Me Golden is helping too, being a part of a national Citibank ad campaign and showing up in a few big movies this year (21 Jump Street and What To Expect When You’re Expecting).

Judging by their momentum, it’s only a matter of time before Terraplane Sun go the route of fellow So*Cal acts the Cold War Kids, Dead Sara and Foster the People and become an even bigger deal – so if you’ve been sleeping on them while they’ve been starting fires in nightclubs throughout L.A., let this be your wakeup call.

Along their way, Terraplane Sun have warmed up sold-out gigs for big name bands like the White Buffalo, Alabama Shakes and Nikka Costa, and have had a few residencies at Las Vegas’ flashy new casino The Cosmopolitan.

If you’re down to catch them this weekend, you can hit up the wonderful Malibu Inn on Friday 9/14 (Details here) alongside The Mowgli’s, Tijuana Tears, and the Deltaz, or this Saturday night at the Satellite with the Mowgli’s and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon’s side band The Silverlake Chorus.

For more on Terraplane Sun, hit their website & “like” them on Facebook.