MILWAUKEE - It is good to be a hot band. The members of Carolina Liar are learning that. Over the past year, the alternative-pop quartet has seen their fan base grow geometrically.

"We’re so happy to be here," said guitarist Rickard Goransson as he prepared to meet a group of radio contest winners near the US Cellular stage. "Everything just gets a little bit bigger and bigger. But it’s still the same. Playing a show is still alike, if you play for five people or five thousand. Same thing in a weird way."

Chad Wolf is the South Carolina- raised front man who recruited a trio of talented Swedes for his alternative pop quartet. He has been around long enough to really marvel at this success.

"It’s such a whirlwind right now," he said with a knowing smile. "Literally just trying to catch up with ourselves, we don’t have literally enough time to let anything sink in. Cause we’re moving so fast. It’s crazy."

Chad recruited Max Grahan days after Max graduated from high school. Max confesses he was not a top student and didn’t have any clear employment options at the time.

"He said, 'Congratulations I heard you were graduating, you wanna come tour the States?'" Max  recalled Chad’s invitation. "And I said, 'um, sure.'"

Max smiles contentedly as he signs posters. He hasn’t been around as long as Chad, who clearly has a different perspective on his success.

I mean I had been doing this for almost ten years in coffee shops and all these little small dives," Chad said reflecting on the long road to success. "Anywhere I could go to play, I would go. And now that this is starting to happen and people are stopping us in airports and stuff like that, it doesn’t make any sense at all," he added laughing.