Your Vegas do not hail from their titular city, or anywhere else in the United States for that matter. They're five lads who sound like they're from across the pond because, well, they are. On the Leeds-bred band's debut LP, 'A Town and Two Cities,' singer Coyle Girelli emotes not all that unlike Bono, and his band's bombastic anthems nod to, as the front man tells Spinner, the "epic sounds of rich tones and delays" boasted by some UK behemoths, including Bono's U2.

So what's with his band's moniker, then? "We tried to find a name for two months and even played gigs under various titles, but if we could use the name in England, we couldn't necessarily use it in America," Girelli groans. "We opted for 'Your Vegas' -- which was the title of a song with all this Americana imagery I wrote for my previous band -- mainly because no one else had it."

Fortunately, naming the album came more easily for the quintet. "The title refers to the fact that we're from a little town outside Leeds, then we moved to Leeds and then we relocated to New York where we finished the album," Girelli explains. "Plus, it's a take off Charles Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities.' So, if you imagine the album like part of a book, consider chapter one written."

The CliffsNotes to this first chapter highlight how the band nabbed then lost a five-album label deal in the UK, swapped shores for New York City -- where Girelli penned songs for the album in a matter of hours -- and toured with the Bravery and Duran Duran. Its itinerant journey has been a source of inspiration for Girelli, who tends to muse about the chaos associated with displacement. "It's time to hit the road," the singer laments on 'Troubled Times,' before explaining how he missed the warnings foreshadowing his woes. Still, this set of grandiose tunes never downturns too melancholically. "There are pick-me-up messages here," Girelli enthuses. "I always try to put some universal message of hope."