have been gradually garnering themselves a considerable fan-base over the past couple of years whilst still remaining fairly inconspicuous compared to other current indie bands on their level. Yet at Brudenell Social Club here in Leeds last Monday night, they completely dominated both the place and the people.

They smoothly strolled onstage, after support acts The Night Café and Freak absolutely nailed warming up the place – not often do you see moshes of that size before the headline act has even appeared – and got straight into the oozy, melodic paradise that is their debut single ‘Indigo Puff’.

Released in 2014, that tune established the beautiful sun-kissed edge that characterises all the music they’ve come out with since then, and as soon as we heard it I’m pretty sure all of us in the room fell in love with this Berkshire band all over again.

For the next hour or so, they permeated the room with the dazzling vibrations of their staple songs, with particular stand-outs being ‘A Young Understanding’, ‘Flame’ and ‘She Said’, as well as treating us to a couple of new ones to feature on their upcoming debut album, Youth Is Only Ever Fun In Retrospect. If you missed the gig, then I’m afraid you missed out on hearing them so will have to wait until next year – but I can tell you they’re definitely something to get excited about. About halfway through, the indie four-piece then threw in the coolest cover of Luther Vandross’ classic ‘Never Too Much’, and if you didn’t dance to that then you probably don’t dance to anything.

Like all good gigs, it drew to a close far too soon, but not before a leather-clad Oscar Pollock took a mandatory crowd-surf and electrified the place with the irresistibly vibrant ‘Loveblood’. Considering hese lads are only 20, they sure know how to play an absolutely incredible gig, and witnessing this has made me even more excited for their future as a band than I already was.

Hollie Griss

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