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We grabbed a quick phoner with frontman Nick Wold, who multitasks on lead vocals and guitar, to find out what the band was up to these days.

Here’s the quick bio: Dreamers started in New York when Wold, who was living in his practice space and writing music, met bass player and backup vocalist Nelson. They later signed a record deal in Los Angeles, where they met the final member of their trio, drummer Jacob Wick.

The band in 2016 released its debut “This Album Does Not Exist� and set out for a life of traveling, touring and living as “nomadic highway dwellers,� Wold said. They are about to go in the studio and record their sophomore album, once they get off the road this fall from touring with The Maine and Night Riots.

Here’s our conversation with Wold.

What’s touring like when you have been doing it for so long? “It’s a way of life for sure. It’s something that’s not for everyone, but I think we kind of thrive on it. It’s just constantly on the road day in and day out, going to new cities, meeting all kinds of different, crazy people and getting to know the country. We’ve been mostly just (touring) U.S. and Canada, so we’re starting to get to know particular truck stops in Denver or our favorite diner in Michigan, hitting the circuit.�

You had talked about writing new songs. What inspires your songs and what is your songwriting process? “The process is always changing. I used to write just kind of by myself in my room about inner thoughts and philosophies and feelings, and now it’s just kind of like more collaborative, writing with the band. It’s wanting to live this rock ’n’ roll dream inspired by our favorite music, like the Beatles and Nirvana, and then on the other hand, it’s kind of just trying to realize a philosophy of life and write about it, and write about our dreams and our experiences.�

What has influenced your next album? What’s it been like making it? “It’s been incredible and fun. I’d say the first record was kind of a sunny summer album about new beginnings, and this record we’ve done after just an insane two years on the road, which can totally kind of change you as a person. I think it’s going to be a little bit more dark and a little bit more heavy in some ways, but then also just more fun jams. It’s really hard for me to tell just being so in it, you know.�

On your website you have a manifesto. Could you tell me a little more about that and what were the ideas behind it? “Well, we figured with a name like Dreamers, we were obligated to explain sort of what we mean and what that means to us. We think an artist’s job is to dream, think and imagine, and we wanted our band name to sort of call out to any people like that in the world who might want to join us in the role of dreaming. That’s kind of what that is, a mission statement.�

Any plans for how you’re going to perform for the KFMA Fall Ball in Tucson? “Yes, we are actually in the process of building ourselves a new show. We’ve been performing a particular kind of set of music for awhile, and we’re now in California working on some rehearsals to do a new show, so I think (Tucson) might be the first or second day of our new show. So expect some madness and also expect some chaos as we try to figure out how to do new things.�

What’s your favorite song to perform? “That’s a tough one. I’m really bad at favorites because if you choose a favorite you have to discount other things. I’ve always said ‘Pain Killer,’ which is a song that is actually just coming out now. It’s kind of a fast punk rock song, and we’re all really inspired by punk rock and especially punk rock morphing into grunge rock from the ’90s, so we get to kind of live our grunge rock fantasy with that one and it’s bit of a crazy one. It’s the one where I get to put the guitar down and kind of go into the audience and get wild so it’s always the funnest moment for me.�