(Video) Review: The resurrection of one of Scotland's most underrated bands

When they notched up four pop chart hits and cracked the top 20 with their debut album they were all in their 20s.

Now they are in their 40s, all dressed in a conservative black and playing for the first time since they broke up in this claustrophobic 200-capacity venue in the freezing grounds of the Edinburgh College Of Art.

Geneva may not have any new material to sell either musically or even the t-shirt variety, but what they do provide, for the moment at least, is a fascinating 50 minute-or-so taster of what they were about before their label Nude imploded.

Kicking off with their debut single No One Speaks, you would not have known that the Aberdeen-formed band have had limited opportunities to rehearse since last summer when they decided it might be a good idea to get their show back on the road again.

The golden voice of Stockholm-based Scot Andrew Montgomery was one of the key things that set them apart from former label-mates Suede, with whom they were often compared.

While he may look nervous between some songs, when the gaps were a little longer than he might have wished, it did not show in his choirboy croon.

Guitarist Steven Dora is pleased to have the setlist

This resurrection after a 19-year absence also further revealed how they were far stranger than Suede ever were - even though the band appeared conflicted about whether to follow them down that Britpop route.

There is no doubting the popularity of the hits, especially the crowd-pleasing Into The Blue, amongst the faithful and the front man clearly revels in the reaction.

But the band always stood out when indulging their more reflective side and the shimmering Nature's Whore and the dreamy Further from their debut album only serve to make you further wonder what might have been.

Guitarist Steven Dora is, perhaps, the unsung hero of the band, a more understated Bernard Butler if you will, and while he may have had some trouble with his effects pedals at one point, he otherwise glides his way through their complex mosaic of a set.

While they only have two albums of material to call on for their twelve songs there is one notable omission, the perversely uplifting downer, Worry Beads.

Therein lies the story of one of Scotland's most underrated bands who, perhaps, never really themselves fully appreciated just what made them so special.

East Kilbride-raised Montgomery says it was through social media, and the love shown through that medium that convinced the band that they would reunite.

"I kept in touch with some of the guys on and off, and there was the possibility of doing something and you just end up going,why not? After years and years, you go I can't do that because it would be getting on a bandwagon, or something like that.

"But it is the power of social media. You wouldn't believe the people that contact you that are perfect strangers over the music. And they don't give up playing the music.

"People say they will always think fondly of Geneva and people say you guys could have gone on to do great things.

"So it is the power of suggestion, really. Eventually you get to the stage where you only have one life, you only have one shot at things, so why not do something that makes you happy.

"It’s just brilliant to be playing those tunes again. 'No-one Speaks the truth' in the time of Trump/post-truth, anyone?"

It was early to bed for the band as the crowd faced the bitterly cold capital. It is an 8am start the next day to get to London for the second gig of their comeback.

Before he departs he tells the crowd that they will be part of the line-up for the Star Shaped Festival, a very Britpop festival that lands in Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham and London in August and September.

There is no Scottish date, he says. But he adds, they will be back.