A SINGER from Little Sutton is hoping to hit the big time now his band has been signed to a national record label.

Mike Bladen has been the singer and guitarist in pop/rock band Room Service since it began almost four years ago.

Since then the four-piece, made up of Mike on vocals and guitar, bassist Tom Woodward and guitarist Antony Hart, both from Farnborough, along with drummer Curtis Allam, from Worthing, has been going from strength to strength.

With a sound comparable to McFly and Lawson, the band has spent the past few years building up a repertoire of songs, including Edge of the Night, Runaway Train and Waiting For Me.

Now after years of hard work and rehearsals, the group looks likely to take the music world by storm after being signed to Oxford-based label Gravel Road Records.

Recently Room Service spent a week tucked away at the renowned Dog House Studios in Nottingham, which has played host to some of the UK’s most successful pop artists, including Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse.

Mike, 23, a former pupil of Upton-by-Chester High School, is now focusing full-time on the band in between doing freelance graphic design work.

He said: “At the moment we’re currently looking into doing our first headline tour later this year and hopefully by next year we will have a couple of more singles released and maybe even a mini album or EP available.

“Our main focus at the moment is to play as many live gigs as possible to promote our current material and take each day as it comes.

“The band has had a great experience, which has put us in good stead for future recording sessions.

“We already have a large online fan base so it made sense to make a music video for the lead track on the single Edge Of The Night that the label and the band could put all over our social networking sites.”

Mike added: “We like to think we’re a different breed of pop band, very nostalgic with our melodies but with a modern twist.

“It’s an exciting time for us.”

To find out more about Room Service, visit www.facebook.com/RoomServiceOfficial and www.Twitter.com/Room_Service.