2016 has been very kind to The 1975: a second UK number one album, a Mercury Prize nomination and the biggest shows of their career.
Lead singer Matt Healy says the band has been "in awe" of what's happened to them this year.
"We made a really personal record and the way people reacted to it has been so overwhelming."
I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It was released in February.
It now holds the record for the longest titled number one album in US history.
In the UK, it's only the second longest after a T-Rex double album from the 1970s (which has 123 characters compared to The 1975's 71).
The band has recently completed a sell-out US tour and Healy will now return to making new music.
"I'm building a studio in my attic as we speak," he says.
"I'll be in there come January starting the next... whatever it is... an album or it could be an opera for all I know."
The idea of an opera is not as far-fetched as you'd think following their recent performance with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for Radio 1.
The band played at Blackpool Tower for Live Lounge Month.
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"That gig will stay with me forever. It was very beautiful and made me a bit of an introvert on stage.
"You spend so much time creating this music that it becomes a part of you. To hear 18 musicians delivering it back classically is like somebody doing an amazing impression of you."
Their cover of What Makes You Beautiful won the best Live Lounge performance award at the recent BBC Music Awards.
As for Matt's other influences, this year he says Drake's Views is his favourite record of 2016.
"His stuff has defined the year but there have been so many other good albums such as Chance The Rapper and Rihanna."
Matty is also looking forward to spending some time with Allen - his Staffordshire Bull Terrier - which became a huge hit when he brought it to Radio 1's Big Weekend in Exeter.
"I've been away for three months so my housemate is very pleased that I can resume my dog responsibility."
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