The Ocelots will be performing their new album Everything, When Said Slowly at The Arc in Winchester on March 8 at 7.30pm.

They released their second single from it, The Good Of A Bad Year, at the end of November.

This piano-driven song portrays how the smaller moments of joy can often be overlooked when recalling an uneventful year.

It is a Carpenters-inspired ballad using string arrangements and chromatic harmonica in the sonic territories of John Barry’s Midnight Cowboy score.

The Ocelots are twin brothers, Ashley and Brandon Watson, who hail from Wexford in Ireland and now live at Leipzig in Germany.

Ashley said of The Good Of A Bad Year: “The song for me encompasses the sentiment of the rest of the album, it was a huge communal effort making what was written in a more dreary, lonesome headspace into something hopeful and joyous.

“We collaborated with our close friends Cillian and Lorcan Byrne, Conor Cunningham and Jessie Monk, who all lent a hand in turning my introspective dilemmas into a bittersweet drunken choir. Also we were delighted we got to work with Santiago Moyao, who brought so much creativity to the project.”

This album unveils a richer, more expansive sound, masterfully produced by Cillian and Lorcan Byrne. The narrative woven throughout the album explores themes of Irish migration, the perception of time, love, and the simple joys of cycling.

Ashley added: “The title Everything, When Said Slowly is a response from an old Irish man’s perspective on people leaving our home town of Wexford over the years past.

“He said it was a very long time since they left, but not much time if you said it fast. I found it wonderful and profound, but also deeply moving and fitting for the album’s sentiment - how time flies or drags depending on what you’re experiencing, especially when it’s time in a place you said goodbye to.”

The bar opens at 6.30pm and tickets cost £15 on the door, or £12.50 in advance at https://www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/ocelots