Coming off the success of its debut album, Lemolo is ready to march to the beat of a new drummer.

“I feel like I’ve been able to take these songs to a new level,” said guitarist and singer Megan Grandall. “A big part of that is new inspiration with the drum beats and going in a new direction.”

The new direction began when Kendra Cox exited the band last year and drummer Emily Westman took over. With a new drummer, a sophomore album in the works, and a line-up of performances — including a show on Bainbridge Island and a European tour — Lemolo is showing no signs of slowing down. All after just a few short but successful years of adding its ethereal, spellbound style to the Northwest music scene. Grandall has dubbed Lemolo’s sound as “dream pop.”

Its 2012 debut album “The Kaleidoscope,” received rave reviews and made the list of KEXP’s top 50 listener voted albums for 2012. “The Kaleidoscope” became a No. 1 selling record in 2012 at Seattle’s Sonic Boom Records.

Lemolo was also recognized as Google Play’s “Best Unsigned Artists of 2012,” and was voted “Best New Seattle Band” for 2013 by City Arts Magazine. Tacoma dance companies, The Barefoot Collective and the MLKBallet, even showed their love of the band’s sound in 2013 with a custom-choreographed performance set to the debut album.

After releasing a live-concert DVD, “A Beautiful Night,” in the fall of 2013, Grandall began work on Lemolo’s sophomore album with Westman.

“I felt lucky meeting (Westman),” Grandall said. “A friend of a friend introduced us. She drums for the Seattle Rock Orchestra.”

The two have spent nearly a year covering Lemolo’s established material, performing small tours, and working through Grandall’s backlog of new songs, many of which will make it on the next record.

“The new album is very much in the vein of the first one,” Grandall said. “It’s still in my style, the dream pop.”

But there is new territory that Grandall has been exploring while recording.

“The drum beats are a bit different,” she said. “A lot of the drum beats are more hip-hop inspired beats. On the first album the drum beats were more minimalist and progressive.

“I’ve been experimenting with adding new layers to this record,” Grandall said. “It still has its negative space, but I’ve added a little more texture and layers.”

No release date has been established for the album, but Grandall says it is about 85 percent finished. Its completion has been pushed back as the band embarks on a few shows, including a recently completed European tour.

The band received a grant to bring its sound to the Degeneration NEXT Festival in Prague on Sept. 23. Grandall decided to make the best of the trip and booked more dates around the festival. The band played 12 performances during September and the first part of October.

“It’s a dream come true for me,” she said shortly before the tour. “Prague is our starting and ending place. We are going Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Serbia, Macedonia, and Romania. It’s mostly going to be in small clubs, like the clubs you find here, and a few house shows.”

Just days after landing in the states, Lemolo is scheduled to perform at Spacecraft on Bainbridge, Oct. 17, 7 p.m. The show is $12 and all ages, the kind of crowd Grandall enjoys.

“In my experience, all ages shows are kind of rare,” she said. “Most shows are 21 and up. All ages shows are a rare, special thing.”

Lemolo will continue on to perform in Portland and Seattle after Bainbridge. The set list is a medley of old and new.

“We’ll probably be playing a mix of songs from the first record, ‘The Kaleidoscope,’ and new songs,” Grandall said. “We’ve been performing this past year and doing mostly new songs. But it’s more fun for audiences to hear songs they know. So we’ll do a mixture of both.”

Then it’s right back to work.

“I wasn’t planning on getting a grant for Europe,” Grandall said about taking a break from recording. “I’ll take a little break to do this tour then I’ll finish the record when I get home.”

Lemolo in concert

What: Lemolo performs an all-ages show.

When: Oct. 17, 7 p.m.

Where: Spacecraft, 10598 NW Valley Road,  Bainbridge Island.

Cost: $12

Info: www.spacecraftpresents.org, www.lemolomusic.com