Their heart-tugging synth anthem Messiah sounded massive when they played alongside Lulu and Deacon Blue at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony at Hampden.

Now, squeezed into the corner of a fan’s living room in Kilmacolm, the trio’s songs are laid bare in a stripped-down set in front of a handful of people.

There is no need for microphones or a towering PA system here, but it still sounds big. That’s testament to Prides’ songwriting craft — it’s solidly melodic and always edging towards the climactic.

They show their potential with aforementioned single Messiah and give a nod towards the kind of sound they want to achieve with a lovely cover of Cyndi Lauper’s 1983 track ‘Time After Time’.

Some tunes can stray into coffee table territory, sounding overly sincere, but you get the feeling that Prides have a smash hit song in them. Hostess Julie Thomson is the girl to thank for making this show happen after responding to Prides’ online request to play gigs for fans in their homes.

And while her abode could never compete with Hampden’s volume, light show or pyrotechnics, she bowled over the band with a smashing home-made lemon cake.