They are one of the newest kids on the Glasgow live scene block.

Indie combo The Wild Things, led by former journalist Ewan Fergus have one fascinating EP, You're The Bomb, to their name so far and have already created their own buzz with three shows, including a King Tut's appearance and an eye-and-ear-opening showing at the Buff Club in Glasgow.

A part-mash up of Radiohead and Bloc Party with a fragile heart the band are slowly building a neat collection of songs with warped relationships being a frequent theme.

The enigmatic This Is How from their debut EP You're The Bomb has become a staple of the live set, and just so happens to be one of their best tunes, featuring in my end of year 'best Scots tunes of 2017' list.

The Wild Places - This Is How (Mainly from appearance at Buff Club, Glasgow)

The nine-song Buff Club set features the EP heavily, but halfway through comes a relative newcomer Ghosts On Every Corner that starts like a ska romp and then twists into a completely different beast.  It shows that Fergus and his crew have more to them that lazy comparisons.

So what does songwriter Ewan Fergus think has most influenced his band?  Here we have the ten songs he believes are pointers towards what they are trying to do.  And shock, horror there's no Radiohead.

1. Jimi Hendrix Experience, Spanish Castle Magic, from Axis Bold As Love.

I remember hearing a live recording of this song when I was really young and thinking I need to know how a guitar can make all these noises. He's so free and effortless in the way he plays. A phenomenal musician who made me want to play guitar.

2. Nirvana, Breed from Nevermind.

That intro, those drums. Just totally awesome. I just love the energy in this song. I think we've ripped off pretty much all the moves from it at some point.

3. Mogwai, Mogwai Fear Satan, from Young Team.

A total inspiration. What they do with sounds, so epic, so heartbreaking, they put so much emotion into everything and it's just momentous. I love them.

4. Elliott Smith, St Ide’s Heaven, from Elliott Smith.

My favourite song-writer, and a very good musician to boot. His songs have such depth, you can look at them from all kinds of angles and they open up and unfold in unexpected ways, he can be really opaque and at the same time brutally honest. Such a talent. I met him in Nice 'n' Sleazy's once, but that's another story.

5. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Higgs Boson Blues, from Push the Sky Away.

Neil [Plews, the bass player] and I both quite like to have a bit of a doomy apocalypse end of the universe vibe to the stuff we do, we're cheery like that. I think this song is a perfect example of it being done brilliantly.

6. Sigur Ros, Untitled #8 Popplagið, from ().

They have such power and drama in what they do, and a lot of their songs have a story arc to them, musically. They start in one place, they go off in a direction, and then something happens. All that while singing in a made up language, Hopelandic.

7. Dinosaur Jr, Freak Scene from Bug.

My other guitar hero, J Mascis. He's the archetypal, godfather of indie guitar to me, not much of a singer, but one hell of a player.

8. Bloc Party, So Here We Are, from Silent Alarm.

Fast and loud is one thing, but fast and sort of quiet is quite another, and this does that. I love the tension in their early stuff. I generally love fast drums wherever possible.

9. Yo La Tengo, Sugar Cube from I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One.

My favourite guitar pop song ever. John Peel famously had Teenage Kicks by the Undertones marked out as his favourite song by miles. This one by Yo La Tengo is my equivalent. It's got such great energy, it's really short, it's really messy and it makes me happy. I listen to it a lot, I never tire of it.

10. Godspeed You! Black Emperor, East Hastings, from F#A#infinity.

Bong! That's the sound of the world ending. When this first came out I got a limited edition hand-painted by the band record sleeve version complete with my own Canadian penny crushed by a train on some tracks. Everything was done by them personally. I loved that ethos, and the music is so intense and haunting.