Beneath Australia’s Mount Wingen runs a coal-seam fire that’s been burning for over 6,000 years. Originally thought to be a volcano on the surface, it took a fair amount of exploring for the mountain’s true identity to rise up through the smoke. Perhaps proving that some blazes just need a little more time to show/take their natural shape.

Just ask anthemic Indie five-piece, Youth, who are playing at The Railway, Winchester tonight, about their latest single Fire...

What started out as a grainy phone camera recording of singer Jack Mackey playing a basic chord sequence on the piano, eventually served as a catalyst for the Brighton-based band to completely rediscover their sound. After almost a year of experimenting (on other demos) with what had initially sparked their excitement in Jack’s video, Youth found at its core a far grander and more rousing soundscape than any of them had ever sonically trodden before.

Returning to the studio with this fresh insight into how their music should roar forward, Youth’s newfound chemistry caused Fire to grow into a blisteringly catchy and grandiose beast, worthy of any stadium. With its smouldering verses and sulfurous chorus, the song melodically swallows and spews in equal measure.

Lyrics lust (“under the covers”) and lament (“you let it burn down to the ground”) over an intoxicating whirr of piano and guitar lines that linger longer than a branding iron.

Fact is, since its inception, Fire had the time to take on any number of shapes but in the end Youth knew exactly how to dig deep and make its monumental mark.