Music feels like it has been chasing its tail in recent years. Historically, it’s only natural for bands to sound like their predecessors and Brighton-based unsigned band Anagrams fall into this category too – but thankfully it’s to their advantage.

Reminiscent of the modal guitar lines of a fledgling Radiohead shaded with Suede’s washout reverb, it’s likely their songs could send a pang of nostalgia down the spine of anyone pining for the Britpop years.

The overall landscape during their set opener recalled The Verve – perhaps if the space-indie legends had formed in a quiet hamlet and been raised on cricket matches and cider.

The backbone of any decent band is a good drummer and a good singer. Iain Worrall performs both well. Able to hold a steady falsetto backing while mastering his kit, it was refreshing to see a drummer who doesn’t just bawl into the microphone. Lead singer David Wheeldon possesses an earthier tone bought to life by sporadic melodies undulating over the band’s shoegaze backdrop.

The sound of Anagrams is well-refined – the exact opposite of those bands where every member competes to be the loudest – although there’s almost an inter-band evasion of a leading musical component to their songs.

Their debut album, We Form A Shelter, is scheduled for release before the end of the year. On the evidence of this performance, it will be one to look out for.