Latest single I Concede to Worrying looks set to really build on all this. The track begins with the band’s trademark shimmering guitars and soaring vocals, but these mask an altogether darker world than previous single Illustrator explored. Though first listens might well suggest that this is the band at their most optimistic, dig deeper and you’ll strike a vein of contempt and frustration directed towards the country’s current state of affairs.

 

“We've never been a political band. I'm not an on the nose political songwriter. That said, many artists I love have been - Dylan, Lennon, Strummer etc. It just doesn't feel right or genuine when I adopt that voice. That doesn't mean to say I can't write about the human experience though; about how this farcical system that we've allowed to leach, and fester is affecting the people we know and love.

 

That's where Worrying came from. So many people live in perpetual worry now. Working full time for a wage that just about covers bills, leaving them with no real life or time to grow, relax, or invest in themselves or their families. As a result, I've watched good people I love trying their best to start families and maintain what were happy relationships, only to be pushed to the brink and eventually split... because all they do is work, sleep, pay bills, repeat. It's bad and it's getting worse. “I concede to worrying”. It’s exactly that. People are losing to the worry of providing. Losing the best years of their life to these struggles despite working full time and paying their way. It's horrible. I don't think I need to be rhyming the name of the latest PM with something abhorrent to be political. I'll just write about what they're doing to people.”

 

Though not immediately obvious as a political track, there’s a sense of social justice at play that stems not from any one political belief, but from one of understanding, of empathy, and of just wanting people to be okay in the face of mounting economic disparities.