Tumbleweed's next tour will see the band play some songs live for the first time, even though those songs are actually 20 years old.

The reason for the tour is to mark the release of a 20th anniversary edition of their Galactaphonic album.

As well as the original album, it comes with an extra 21 tracks including demos, B-sides and live cuts - some of which the band had only recently uncovered.

But it's not those 20-year-old songs the band will play live for the first time - there are some tracks on the original album that are about to get their live debut, according to singer Richie Lewis.

The format of the shows will see the band play all 13 Galactaphonic tracks in sequence, which includes some tracks the band hasn't played since the recording.

So Lewis and the other band members have had to pull out their old copies of Galactaphonic to relearn their own songs.

"It's the first time I've listened to Galactaphonic in a long time," Lewis says.

"We've been playing certain songs off it for years, like Hang Around or Nothin' To Do With The Weather.

"But there are other ones like This'll Be The End of Me or Jupiter or Feed the River; these are songs that I haven't heard for years and years and years. I'm looking forward to playing these songs the most because they're new and fresh."

Listening back to an album he recorded 20 years ago has thrown up a few "cringey moments", Lewis admits.

But it's also turned him into a fan of songs he didn't much care for at the time.

"Feed The River I didn't like that back in the day but now I do," he says. "It's strange how things change, how your tastes change and you can have more appreciation for elements you didn't quite understand when you were younger.

"Then there are other ones that you thought were fantastic when you were younger but that don't work for you now."

The upcoming shows will be the first new ones booked since the death of bass player Jay Curley last year, with Luke Armstrong playing bass.

After playing several shows last year that were booked before Curley's death, Lewis says there was a very real chance Tumbleweed may never perform again. But they've decided to keep going, but are taking things at their own pace.

"The band is something we've been doing our whole lives and it's difficult to just let go," Lewis says.

"At this moment we're taking it project by project and taking it easy. It's hard to know where it's going to go, it's certainly changed things a lot in terms of how we feel about it.

"When we do get back together and practise, we do enjoy seeing each other and we enjoy playing music together.

"So long as we keep it as an interesting thing to do for ourselves and something different so we're not just going through the motions, then it makes us want to do it."