BRIT-award nominated five-piece band The Feeling are back from the wilderness with a new album and a whole new lease of life as they arrive in Bournemouth.

The quintessentially English pop-rockers burst into the music charts in 2005 with the rousing Fill My Little World, followed by hit singles Never be Lonely, Sewn and Love it When you Call.

And their new album Boy Cried Wolf swings from dark ballads to upbeat pop songs and has been hailed as the more mature successor to their debut album 12 Stops and Home.

The Feeling will be performing at this year’s Night Air at the Piers on Friday alongside boy band favourites Blue, Stooshe and Diana Vickers.

Lead guitarist Kevin Jeremiah said: “We’re the same band, with the same spirit, but a slightly more grown up feel.”

This album represents an important milestone for the band as it has been recorded completely independently after their deal with Island Records came to an end.

“We definitely feel liberated because we recorded the album ourselves from start to finish.”

Frontman Dan Gillespie Sells said: “We were just in our little bubble again. There was this sense that there wasn’t any pressure on us now to be anything other than what we are.

“Making a record because you want to make a record is incredibly different to making one because you’re required to.”

The album preview with Dominic West offers an amusing and ironic look at the pressure placed on bands from record companies.

Kevin said: “We thought we would just take the piss out of ourselves and it’s obviously ironic because the point of the preview is actually to generate interest in the album.

“But it does show the point where it can all turn corporate and nasty.”

They will also be throwing themselves back onto the live circuit with an 11-date UK tour this autumn, culminating on October 21 at Bournemouth O2 Academy.

Kevin said: “There was a time two years ago when we were playing every day. I’m very excited to get back onto the road, the playing has never stopped.

“We can’t wait to play in Bournemouth because it always feels like a local gig for us. All our family and friends tend to come down and we always get a great crowd.”