THEY are one of the most hotly-tipped young bands around at the moment and have been creating a storm at festivals around the country this summer.

And now, Trampolene are heading to Blackburn to play the one-day Confessional Festival at the former Holy Trinity Church next month.

For lead singer Jack Jones, it’s an event which he’s particularly excited about.

“We heard about it from the boys from Cabbage who headlined there last year,” he said. “We’ve heard a lot of special things about Pete Eastwood who puts on the event, he sounds a special guy, and we can’t wait to get along there.”

Trampolene are a proper rock and roll band with explosive guitar licks and almost poetic lyrics - both courtesy of Jack - and a tremendous work ethic which has seen them play live all over the country for the past few years.

That hard work and dedication is paying off with Trampolene regular featuring on experts’ ‘must watch’ lists. Their debut album Swansea to Hornsey released last year figured in The Independent’s 30 best albums of 2017 but Jack says he finds it difficult to judge the band’s success.

“It’s hard for me to tell as I guess I’m still in the eye of the storm,” he said. “I just keep pushing like I’ve always done. Anyway, if I start to relax, I’ll probably mess everything up.

“For us, it’s never been about record labels or money. With Trampolene, it has always been about sheer hard work and the fans.”

Those fans have played a major role in the band’s progress, even helping to both fund and give a name to their latest release You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two, which brings together three early EPs on to one album.

“When the first album came out everyone started to look for our early EPs,” said Jack, “so we asked the fans what we should do. We’d called them our pocket EPs and a fan came up with a name for the album.”

The Trampolene story almost harks back to a different era with the boys moving to London and living together in a house several years ago.

“We were living in Hornsea and it was like some kind of mad cult,” laughed Jack. “There’s a documentary being put together about those days which will be fascinating.”

Jack has become the go-to guitarist for Pete Doherty as well as fronting Trampolene.

“At the beginning I was just playing guitar with him but now he’s one of my best mates,” he said. “If I get a bit too front man-ny with him he soon lets me know.”

For Trampolene fans one of the band’s many attractions are Jack’s lyrics.

“When started out I was a musician I was obsessed about being the best guitar player in the world,” he said. “I just wanted to play faster and better than anyone. But somewhere along the road it changed and I got obsessed with words.

“Now I feel that with Trampolene I feel more like the poet and with Peter I’m the guitar player.”

Jack remains charmingly modest about the band’s achievements.

“It’s amazing when you hear people think you are doing well. But we have such big ambitions for ourselves. We’re not quite there yet but we’ll keep going.”

Trampolene play the Confessional Festival, Holy Trinity Church, Blackburn, Saturday, September 8. Details from organiser Pete Eastwood pete@townbandit.com or 07866 545964