Welcome to the award-winning Scotsman Sessions. With performing arts activity curtailed for the foreseeable future, we are commissioning a series of short video performances from artists all around the country and releasing them on scotsman.com, with introductions from our critics. Here, Glasgow band Mason Hill perform a stripped-back version of their song DNA

From Mogwai to The Snuts, it’s been a year of chart triumph for Scottish bands – including Glasgow melodic rock five-piece Mason Hill. In March they reached the top 20 with their debut album Against the Wall, which also went to number one in the UK Rock Chart, making them the first British band to top that chart with their debut since Royal Blood.

“It felt amazing,” reflects guitarist James Bird of the achievement. “It was a huge relief because we were so worried about what it would mean for our debut album to come out without us being able to gig. We thought it would be difficult and nobody would see or hear it, but to our delight it did great.”

The Scotsman Sessions #229: Mason Hill