Everything comes back around at some point. In the case of Sunflower Bean’s show in Brighton, that thing - or that person - seemed to be Suzi Quatro.

The New York trio’s latest record is definitely a gear-shift from the jangle of their debut and so it showed. Crisis Fest had more than an air of Devil Gate Drive about it, and singer-bassist Julia Cumming pushed her voice regularly to the point where it broke up from a soulful croon into a gravelly rasp.

Whether intentional or not, Cumming’s voice had echoes of other iconic vocal chords, including Stevie Nicks and Courtney Love appeared to complete its transformation from graceful indie-pop group to a raw rock and roll band.

I Was A Fool - possibly the band’s prettiest moment - was given a rougher edge as Cumming pushed her voice into the occasional growl, even on the equally charming Easier Said.

It was unsurprising that many of the younger members of the band’s audience took Cumming to heart, as they punched the air in time with the singer who looked and sounded every inch the rock star in her ivory wedding dress and bleached-blonde hair.

Guitarist Nick Kivlen meanwhile never seemed to stop moving, whether spinning round or tap-dancing across his effects pedals. That wasn’t to say he couldn’t master a change of pace, as he proved on the band’s sugary-sweet cover of Neil Young’s Harvest Moon.

It still felt like Sunflower Bean are still a few tunes shy of making the step up to bigger venues. You got the impression that Sunflower Bean are more accomplished musicians than your average indie band, but if they manage to consistently come up with material to match their best, they’ll have a formidable catalogue to call upon.