Indie band Vundabar has been working hard to break out of the Allston basement scene. They’re setting out on a national tour—including hometown stops at the Great Scott on March 24 and April 30—and working on their third album, a follow-up to 2015’s Gawk, set to release this fall. Members Brandon Hagen, Drew McDonald and Grayson Kirtland chatted with us about what to expect from their next project and life on the road. Bonus: They share a playlist of jams that gets them going. / Andrew Elmers

How has your sound on the upcoming album evolved from your first two?

Brandon Hagen (guitar/vocals): The next one will be a lot different from [debut] Antics. It’ll be closer to Gawk, but still a bit different, maybe a little heavier. There’s a pop thing going on, and we love the pop music. But we still love the stops and dynamics found on our first two albums.

Drew McDonald (drums): Same old Vundabar sound.

BH: That same old Vundabar but with a little funk, a little jazz fusion, a little…

Grayson Kirtland (bass): A little hip-hop.

DM: A little spice.

What artists have influenced your songwriting?

BH: When I was a kid, Nirvana was huge for me because they wrote good pop songs. Modest Mouse is another. I’ve been obsessed with Leonard Cohen lately.

DM: Dr. Octagon.

BH: [Laughs] Yeah, Dr. Octagon.

GK: Huge influence.

DM: “Earth People.”

BH: Some East Bay rap.

Has the recording process changed at all this time around?

BH: I think you learn as you go with a lot of this stuff. We’re up to speed on touring, but it’s all a learning process and you’re constantly figuring out how to do it better. I really liked how we recorded Gawk, and it was a very positive experience, but we also realized, here’s how we can do that better next time. So you’re always trying to build on what you’re doing.

DM: Gawk was our first time recording in a studio for Vundabar and it was nice to learn how to be in a studio and the proper precautions and things you have to get ready for.

Have you worked with anyone else in the studio?

BH: No, we’re completely independent. We don’t have a manager, we don’t have an agent, we don’t have a label. It’s only Vundabar, but we’ll see, that might change.

How are you finding time to record while touring?

BH: We’re hoping to sneak in a week during the summer. We like to record live in the studio, all of us in the same room on one track.

What are you excited to share on tour?

BH: There are a couple of songs we’re pretty stoked on. There’s a little hip-hop thing going on in the new songs with the drum beats, which I’m stoked for. It’s weird.

DM: Yeah, it’s groovier.

Where do you love to play here in Boston?

BH: I really like the Great Scott. The Sinclair a lot too, those high ceilings, they’re very nice.

What cities do you guys like to visit when touring?

DM: Every city is cool for good reasons and bad for other reasons. We used to have a lot of bad times in Philly, but in recent years, it’s been one of our more favorite places to play.

BH:&nnbsp;For three times in a row, we were treated so badly. I don’t know what happened, because it’s a really great town. But three times in a row we just had terrible shows and everyone was really mean. Then we went back and we met the right people.

DM: We made some friends.

BH: Yeah, we have friends now. It’s taken us three years, but Vundabar has friends.

You guys were robbed a couple of months back in Philly.

BH: So yeah, we hate Philly again. [Laughs]