Despite being born in South London, Turin Brakes are very much bred in Brighton.

As well as having a history of South Coast girlfriends luring them down for weekends, Gale Padridjanian and Olly Knights were first discovered by Phil Passera, who runs a small Brighton record label called Anvil Records and was largely responsible for the band's success.

Taken under Passera's enthusiastic wing, the band started their career gigging in Brighton (their first ever performance was at The Freebutt) and two of the band, Philip Marten on keyboards and Eddie Myer on bass, are still based in the city.

Philip explained: "I used to live with Phil three years ago when he started off Anvil Records and I kind of helped him out with stuff.

"I ended up joining Turin Brakes after being involved in this period. Like with Eddie, it was a case of being friends around Brighton."

What started as low-key operation - Anvil Records only has the capacity to do releases of up to 500 prints - soon developed into high-profile success.

Turin Brakes hit the big time, receiving national acclaim and a 2001 Mercury Prize nomination for their first album, The Optimist.

Despite now being signed to Source, a subsidiary of Virgin, the band's Brighton roots remain strong.

Passera is still the band's manager and Marten and Myer have become permanent members.

Philip said: "I see Turin Brakes as a long term thing.

"I wouldn't want my own band. I really enjoy working with Olly and Gale, it kind of feels like a family.

"Me and Eddie have got it pretty easy when we go on tour with Turin Brakes. People come and set up the stage for us, then we just wander on to play one and a half hours of music and then we're off again to drink lots of free beer."

Gale, one half of Turin Brakes' central twosome, also appreciates Brighton as the place which launched his career.

He said: "Brighton's important to us because it's where we started out, because Phil was there, really.

"It was perfect for us because we weren't from there and not having lots of friends coming down for shows kind of made it easier.

"It has also got a huge amount of venues and so much less pressure than the London scene, which is much more in-your-face and geared to getting deals.

"Brighton is a real pleasure to go to, especially if you're just beginning and not sure how it's going to go."

Tickets cost £13.50 and the show starts at 8.30pm. Call 01273 709709 for further details.