If you look up the word “volcanoless” in the dictionary, chances are you won’t find it. But that hasn’t deterred Saskatchewan acoustic dance-rock outfit Volcanoless in Canada from capitalizing on its catchy ring.

“It was a geology student’s Internet display name that our lead singer snatched,” bass player Enver Hampton explained on the phone from his Saskatoon home, days before embarking on a tour that will bring Vocanoless in Canada to the Lo Pub on Friday, Sept. 25.

Not only does the word not exist, but it’s also a misrepresentation of Canada – a country that boasts a number of volcanoes, though most of them are dormant.

“Therein lies the irony of the [name],” Hampton said, laughing. “We’re a rock band with no electric guitars.”

What started out as an acoustic guitar trio in Yorkton, Sask. six years ago quickly turned into a five-piece with the addition of a bass player and a drummer.

After independently selling over 2,500 copies of their debut EP, the band knew they were onto something.

“Playing with acoustic guitars definitely adds a sensibility to it, a certain charm that the electric guitars don’t quite have,” Hampton said.

However, when it came time to record their sophomore outing, The Way Forward, electric instruments were included to enrich the infectious tunes.

“It adds a bit more flavour, more edge to the sound,” Hampton said.

Onstage, however, the acoustic guitars remain.

“An unconventional use of the acoustic guitars is plugging them in, cranked to nine-and-a-half with distortion. … It adds a completely different twist!”

Although the current tour will take the band and its music all the way to New York for the famed CMJ music festival, it has already seen its fair share of the world.

With some songs being conceived in London, England, the band recorded the album in Saskatoon before sending it to Brooklyn for mixing.

“Our guitar player sent out a whole bunch of e-mails to producers to see who we could get to try and achieve a certain sound that we were looking for,” Hampton said. “A certain energy, or ferociousness.”

Alex Newport (The Mars Volta) took on the project and tweaked the songs to perfection. Renowned engineer Troy Glessner then added the final mastering touches in Seattle.

And while the chances of “volcanoless” being included in the English dictionary anytime soon are slim, Hampton hopes it will at least catch on in the Canadian music landscape.

“Collectively, we want to make this a career,” he said. “We want to tour the world and make music.”