A YOUNG Scottish band is preparing for sudden stardom after the nation's water company picked their song as the soundtrack to a new TV advert.

Dancing On Tables's track 'OH' was selected by Scottish Water to be the backing track of their new ad, which aired for the first time last night during the hit soap, Emmerdale.

"It's been a bit of a crazy year, but the call from our manager Neall about the advert topped everything," said frontman Robbie McSkimming, who formed the group with his friends in their final year of school.

The five-piece band, consisting of Robbie, 22, Callum Thomas, 19, Hamish Finlayson, 21, Gregor Stobie, 21, and Michael Waterworth, 21, has been gigging in their hometown of Dunfermline since 2014.

"We were playing in pubs to nobody but the bar staff," said Robbie. "We always had our hopes and kept plugging away but you need a wee bit of luck to fall your way as well."

The boys all work in part-time jobs - except for Hamish, a lumberjack - to keep alive the musical ambitions they first nurtured together at school.

They've been racking up critical acclaim for their work, being dubbed "the new Coldplay" by one newspaper critic.

And they were honoured at the Newport Beach Film Festival by BAFTA as "the UK's most exciting emerging band for this year".

"'OH' was completed and recorded in Nashville last summer," said Robbie. "It was a song Callum had a lot of the parts vaguely written for before we went but nothing really meshed before Nashville.

"We just weren't able to find the right structure or vibe to make the song we wanted. When we got to Nashville we went to the RCA studios and just let the place seep into us. It's the song we're most proud of - when we recorded it we all knew we'd captured lightning in a bottle."

"'OH' was recorded in Nashville at around 2am, just before our flight home to Scotland. It's an interesting blend of all our influences and we're over the moon it's going to be used in such a big advertising campaign."

The ad which features the band's track is part of a new initiative by Scottish Water to prompt people to 'top up from the tap'.

By encouraging the use of refillable bottles, the campaign aims to show the benefits this has for the environment, the pocket and people's health.

Robbie said: "I don't think we'd let our music be used for just any company but we're very comfortable with Scottish Water and what they're out to achieve with this campaign."

The water company's corporate affairs director, Brian Lironi, said: "The band produced an incredible, evocative track that complements our message perfectly" he said.

"I'm sure the band's destined for great things, and everyone at Scottish Water is delighted to be associated with such a talented group, right at the start of their career."

• Dancing On Tables will perform at Broadcast, Glasgow on July 12.