I’ll let you into a little secret. I’ve always quite liked brass bands; in a mournful, grey, Northern sort of a way, that is. A bit flatulent, a bit stoic, a bit dull, there’s something about a trumpeter harrumphing his way through ‘Jerusalem’ before keeling over and gently dying of emphysema that never fails to get me a little damp-eyed.

However, Hackney Colliery Band are absolutely anything but dull, Northern and pulmonary-diseased. Common Decency is unlike anything I’ve heard before. I can’t quite compare them to anything else, so I’ll save you the bother of reading what is essentially me going “s’really good actually” for 350 words and say this: go and listen to it. It’s ace.

The first minute of ‘A Bit of Common Decency’ sounds like it belongs to an album of ‘music to be elegantly murdered to in the 1930s’. This stylish start builds into a series of spectacular short solos, little drops, and bars to which the only proper response is a Charleston. It seems unfair to single any individual piece of playing out, but the drum work on this track is truly fine.

Second track ‘All of the Lights’ is a song that lends itself curiously well to covers;Childish Gambino does another great version. This one builds layer on layer into a genuine masterpiece. Covers run the risk of seeming a little gimmicky, but any novelty factor on this album melts away in the face of the technical accomplishment of the tracks as they morph into something complex, a little bit twisted and most of all just incredible fun. This is illustrated perfectly by ‘Empire State of Mind’ which starts off as a nice, safe, unconventional cover but gives way to something much more interesting as is continues.

The ambitious ‘Prodigy Medley’ that closes the album is as bonkers as it sounds, and complete with the chanting off ‘Jericho’, frantic trumpeting and a cover of ‘No Good’ that will have you shout-singing along, it's twice as good as you’re imagining (that should already be a high bar).

The band say that they formed out of a “desire to play music that appealed to the feet as much as to the ears” and this comes across. Their technical skill is matched only by how much fun all their music is, from the flirty cover of ‘Is Your Love Big Enough’ to ‘Smile for the Webcam’, which deserves to provide the soundtrack for only the most epic of nights out.

If you need proof that these guys can seriously play, head straight to ‘Hitched’. Tucked away mid-album, it’s a frankly bizarre track combining eastern-inspired brass with what sounds very much like the sound effects from Pacman via the theme tune to Benny Hill and opening credits to ‘One, Two, Three’. It has to be heard to be believed, and once you’ve got it on you won’t want to turn it off again.