Coming off the back of a meteoric rise spurred by their critically acclaimed third album, The War On Drugs immersed the Brighton Dome in a wave of ambient noise.

The Philadelphia-based indie rockers walked onto the stage to a crescendo which quickly built into album-opener Under The Pressure from latest record Lost In The Dream.

As soon as plaid-clad front man Adam Granduciel hit the first note you found yourself riding on a surge of sound which carried the crowd throughout their whole two-hour set.

With their intense wall of noise style you found yourself totally immersed as the band moved from track to track buoyed with heavy layers of screeching guitars, gentle piano and Springsteen-esque saxophone.

The show’s tempo peaked and troughed as they led the crowd through a well balanced set from all three of their albums. Not a single note was out of place as the band enchanted the Dome into a near hypnotic state with the sheer scope of the colossal wave of sound that just kept building momentum right until the final track.

Truly losing yourself in a show is a rarity but The War On Drugs’ storming set offered a very welcome assault on the senses.