Felice Brothers at Oran Mor

Yet it didn’t take long for the roots rockers to go back to the unusual - as they’ve been recording new songs on a farm.

The group come to Oran Mor on Monday to promote 2014’s Favourite Waitress, a collection of rough n’ ready country tunes, but they’re already working on the follow-up.

Typically, they’re in an unusual location.

“It’s a farm not far from where we live, and we happened to know one of the guys who worked there,” explains James Felice, one of the two brothers at the heart of the New York band.

“We needed a place to rehearse, so we rented a room there and used it as a rehearsal space for a long time.

"Then, when we wanted to make a record we had no idea where to do it, and eventually we thought we should just do it there.

“We knew the people and they didn’t mind us playing music at all hours of the day.

"So we just set up and started recording.”

The five-piece have earned a reputation over the years for recording whenever and wherever they can, from abandoned train stations to chicken coops.

Their sometimes rowdy, sometimes tender tunes have been compared to the Band and Bob Dylan, among others, and even when they worked in a normal studio, Favourite Waitress sounded as raw as it gets.

James, who sings and plays piano and accordion in the group, reckons their newest material has a more delicate touch, and hopes to debut a couple of fresh songs on Monday night.

“They’re different, and better songs than on Waitress,” he says.

“They’re really beautiful, and personal, more delicate where Waitress was rough around the edges.

"The recording is still low-fi though, it’s the five of us just playing live in a room in a garage, so it isn’t sounding like Abbey Road.”

They still haven’t sorted out a release date for the next album, but they did make one recording available this year, when their duet with Natalie Merchant on the track Motherland was released on an anti-fracking album.

It’s a subject that James felt was right to take a stand on, especially as it directly affects an area near where the group stay.

“Where we live in New York is near Marcellus shale, and that’s where they want to do a lot of fracking,” he explains.

“We grew up there and we’re very protective of that.

"We’re not a massively political band but this felt like something we should lend our names to.

"It’s important that people are aware of these things, and can have an honest, open discussion about the cost and benefit of these technologies.

“It’s a complicated issue, but for the most part I’d hope we can find different ways.”

The group’s current run of shows in the UK comes as they near a decade of making music together.

Best known for the raucous Frankie’s Gun, the band have withstood one brother leaving (Simone Felice, now off with a solo career) and have seen roots music surge in popularity over the past few years.

James feels that the difficult economic times are part of why people are returning to the roots.

“Pop and dance music will always be the most popular, because people just want to have fun and forget their troubles, but it’s always nice to see people your own age talking about things that really concern and affect you,” he says.

“We’re in the same boat (financially) as a lot of our friends, and folk music is the music of the people - you don’t need to be particularly good to learn to play it, or go to school and learn to be talented at it - you just need to have something you want to say, and folk music provides that.”

While there is a melancholy streak running though some of the band’s work, they can whip a crowd into a frenzy too, something they’ll hope to achieve at Oran Mor.

“I love Glasgow and we actually have a full day off there this time, so we can spend time in the city and familiarise ourselves with it more,” he says.

“Oran Mor’s an awesome place, too.

"We’ve had great crowds there and this will be the longest time we should have to spend in the city, so it should be good.”

The Felice Brothers, Oran Mor, Monday July 20, £17.50, 7pm