Driving the Roscrea to Borris-in-Ossory road late on a June evening, a Spotify selection from last night’s Glastonbury performances provided a musical accompaniment considerably Brighter than the slate-skied drizzly greyness all around.

Well, most of it was brighter, than the evening’s weather. The recordings included Silver Lining, a song from the Swedish duo First Aid Kit. The Söderberg sisters sing some of the most haunting songs of our time; their voices cutting through the air, their lyrics poetic, their music inveigling its way into one’s consciousness; but it is …