In the world of comedy, it’s the way you tell ’em. In the world of The Electric Soft Parade, it’s the way you play ’em – and that was no more evident than on Wednesday, when the White brothers and their band charged through a slightly raggedy rendition of their third album No Need To Be Downhearted.

The songs from this record would end up sounding average if they were played by any other band. But it’s the posturing of punk music, with the breadth of Pink Floyd, that set them apart from the rest.

Their chord progressions on this album started to show the stamp of a band who know their sound. There is something about the way the Soft Parade churned out even a bog-standard A major bar chord that sounded satisfying – regardless of what intervals had come before or followed after.

Their past three shows at the Prince Albert have afforded them the opportunity to look back through three albums and demonstrate an ability to marry the occasional dazzling song to some bamboozling and outlandish ideas.

Their next show, also at the Prince Albert, on June 29, sees the band perform new material and potential fourth-album songs. Whatever is in store, it would be nice to hear their natural songwriting ability prevail.