THE FRONTMAN of Dundee mod group The NSA, who travels more than 240 miles to busk on Dunfermline’s High Street three times a week, takes his band to PJs on Wednesday.

Nick Shane catches the bus in Dundee every Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning to play for shoppers in the town centre because, “Dunfermline has the best music scene in Scotland and its people have an appreciation for music like no other.” The Dundee three-piece have played in top venues across the country, recorded their first album, ‘TV & Sunshine’, and are in the process of recording the next. The band, which was formed in 2013 by Nick, also consists of Josh O’Connor (bass) and Steven Tasker (drums).

Nick told Press:ON, “Dunfermline are good tippers, they are fantastic! But I don’t do this for the money, I really don’t. I love music, it’s my whole life and the fact that I get to play music to people in the sunshine a couple of times a week makes me feel amazing. The people of Dunfermline are fantastic, they are almost like no other. They are so happy to stop and listen and even happier to let you know that you are doing a good job ... or if you’re not!

“When I’ve played in places like Kirkcaldy, Perth, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee, it has felt great, but it turned into a ‘job’ and there was no magic or gratification, just the same songs day-in, day-out. I would make good money but I would leave there feeling exactly the same as when I arrived, only more tired. In Kirkcaldy, you’re part of the furniture but in Dunfermline, you’re part of the family.

“There isn’t a day that goes by where I don’t feel like I’ve done something new and uplifting, and genuinely made people feel happy. Like when people are dancing in the street (usually in the afternoon outside Weatherspoon’s), kids standing watching me for ages at a time, or the volume of people who take my picture and who, strangely, want their picture taken with me!

“One day that will be tattooed in my brain forever was a few Fridays ago, I was playing away in my usual spot, before being approached by two guys who work for Heart & Sound Studio (Albany Street), who asked me to come round and record audio and video at the studio. I met all the guys who volunteer there and they are a really great bunch of guys and the end product was brilliant.

“On the same day, after I got back to my ‘office’ in the High Street, a really cool eight-year-old with a guitar case came up to me and asked if I could play ‘Wonderwall’, I said ‘Yes, I can mate’, so then he whipped out a left-handed acoustic guitar and starts jamming with me. In those four minutes, I think we made about £12 each (because the little rascal nonchalantly laid out his guitar case ... like a pro)!

“His mother then came along and was like, ‘Ryan, you were supposed to be going and getting a haircut!’ “The music scene in Dunfermline reminds me of that Kronenbourg advert with Eric Cantona, where he explains that, ‘Here in Alsace, things are a little bit different – the hop farmers are treated like the footballers of Britain’ ... I feel that’s how buskers are treated in Fife!” The NSA play PJ Molloys at 7pm on Wednesday and will be supported by Coeur. Visit The NSA’s Facebook page and Soundcloud to hear their tracks.

Watch The NSA's video for their track 'Walking on Water' below: