Introducing the Wire Daisies

They are signed to the Transistor Project, a subsidiary label of EMI owned by Queen's manager, Jim Beach, and Blur's drummer, David Rowntree. The album that Americans will hear next month was recorded with John Cornfield, who has worked with U.K. superstars Oasis, Supergrass and Muse. It includes their song "Rocket Girl," which has been receiving positive reinforcement from being played on XM Radio, and that gives Morris hope for success in the United States.

"It takes a lot to break in America," she said. "America is so large and England is so small in comparison, but we've gotten quite a lot of good feedback so far."

Wire Daisies has been a featured band on iTunes and a popular act at English festivals — and for good reason. Their songs are, as Morris describes, "not poppy, not rocky," but "old-school songwriting with a raunchy edge." She's unsure if raunchy is the right word, but can't think of anything better to describe it.

"We're always struggling with that," she said.

One thing she never struggled with, though, is being completely open about her sexuality. There are gayer songs than "Gay Boy" on the album, and those are the ones that Morris has written about personal experiences with the ladies in her life.

Growing up gay in Cornwall, Morris said she "picked her battles" and her sexuality was never a negative issue, but she does have friends who are close to 30 and "still haven't told their parents," so she acknowledges it can be an issue for some people — just not her.

"I'm being honest," she said of her lyrics. "I don't do it for the sake of it." She said that "pretty much 100 percent" of her songs are autobiographical, only excluding the ones she co-wrote with the band's keyboardist, Ol Beach. The other band members are guitarist Alden Evans and drummer Steve Jackson.

"They're all things I really was feeling," Morris said of the songs she has written. On the band's website, she reveals that the ballad "Never Meant to Hurt You" is her favorite. The vulnerable, stripped-down, piano-led song tells of a moment when Morris felt lost without someone she'd let down: "If you're willing, please forgive me, I've never meant to leave you," she sings.

In "Rocket Girl," which was a huge hit in the U.K., she declares: "I now live in a plastic world, I don't want to love a plastic girl." The hook "I will see you in my dreams" will stick with you hours, and the feeling the song evokes about irresistible attraction is universal.

Watch the video for "Rocket Girl" here: