GRINDIE five-piece Hadouken! will blast out their vibrant fusion of UK pop, garage, dance-hall and hip-hop vibes when they make a welcome return to Exeter's Lemon Grove next week, just in time to showcase For The Masses, their top-notch new album.

After forming in 2006 at Leeds University, the five-piece released their debut long player Music for an Accelerated Culture, two years later, after a series of singles and mixtapes.

Follow-up For The Masses has been carefully crafted over the past 18 months and recorded in Groningen, Holland with gilded Dutch electronic producers Noisia. Released on Hadouken!'s own Surface Noise Recordings, it cements the band's reputation as Britain's most forward-thinking and dynamic young outfit presenting cutting edge, danceable pop which harnesses the electronic power of synthesisers and sequencers.

"We know what our fans want," says singer James Smith, who grew up embroiled in the Hertfordshire grime culture.

"They want it hard and they want it fast. I want this record to sound good over a 1000 kilowatt sounds system or on a Nokia phone on the back of a bus. We don't want to discriminate. We just want to make immediate contact.

"I feel like the stars have been aligning for us. The Prodigy have come back with a massive hit record. I've seen bands like Chase N Status and Pendulum rise to the forefront, I've seen the dubstep thing happen.

"We're cut from the same cloth as all that, but I think we're doing something really new and exciting with this album that we've recorded with Noisia. It's a big, big progression. The time is right for us."

James is joined by keyboard player Alice Spooner, guitarist Dan Rice, his brother Nick Rice on drums and Chris Purcell on bass. He promises at least five or six new songs on the setlist.

Hadouken! play Exeter's Lemon Grove on Monday, March 8. Box office: visit www.exeterboxoffice.com or call 01392 263518.