Plain chant or pop hit, Broadway ballad or sacred hymn, there is something primal in the sonorous timbre of full-throated, a cappella male voices raised together in harmony.

The Men of the West bring their own take on the male vocal tradition in their 2019 Fringe show, Goodbye and Hello: The First Comeback Tour.

The self-described “be-hatted behemoth of blokes who sing” cite influences including “Mastodons, Cro-Magnon man [and] Modernism,” indicating the tongue-in-cheek humour that underpins their performance.