For Marika Hackman these are early days. Just 22 years old, her first album, We Slept At Last, will not be released until February, 2015. Hackman, who was a student in Brighton, told the expectant crowd that she too had been looking forward to this gig, plus it was the final show of her first headlining tour.

Sadly it was to be an anti climax. Hackman’s vocal was drenched in reverb and her words were lost. She admits to being “drawn to the darker melancholic side of things”, but without the lyric to hang on to the impression was a succession of songs written quietly in a bedsit so as not to disturb the neighbours, more blurred shades of blue than the poignant broodings of her previously released EPs.

Hackman's vocal could not cut through the drums, bass and keyboard of her two musicians, and it was only when she sang solo that her quality shone through.

She is a talent, undoubtedly, and has a sweet stage presence made all the more so by her lack of experience. The packed standing crowd were supportive throughout the 60-minute set but only really flickered to life when the songs rocked a tiny bit.