After a staggering 14-year hiatus, there appears to be a real sense of unfinished business with the return of the Brilliant Trees. It’s a testament to their popularity that after almost two decades out of the limelight, their new single ‘I Know, I Know’ crashed straight into the iTunes charts at number three on the day of its release. For good measure, they sold out a show at the Grand Social – without putting up a single poster!

“It’s really humbling and emotional,” says guitar player Tony Barrett. “We’re older guys and you think you’re hardened up, but it was really lovely.”

You can hardly describe two decades away from music as your typical sabbatical. But as singer Alan Hoey puts it on one of their most popular tracks, ‘Talent’: “You can say, at least you tried / Don’t waste your talent”. These lyrics kept haunting the group and they decided to give it another shot.