Hot Hot Heat looked like they had something to prove.

Treading the very fine line between one-hit wonder and your new favourite band, it's not hard to see why they were so desperate for the audience to give them a chance.

Though their sound may float somewhere between the familiar grounds of indie and new wave, they merely take on these influences to create a rather special sound of their own.

On Tuesday, they played to a sold-out Concorde 2 and as they knocked out choice cuts from their breakthrough album Make Up The Breakdown, it became clear this band really is so much more than you thought.

As a collective unit, their ability to deliver effortlessly hip tunes was more than impressive but it was frontman Steve Bays who really brought the tunes to life.

Songs such as Oh, Godamnit and No, Not Now saw Bays, wriggling behind his keyboard, clearly revelling in every sweat-soaked second of their hip-swinging sound.

As the band ripped into crowd pleaser This Town, the biggest grin crept across Bays' face and those in attendance really started to understand Hot Hot Heat's vision.

The divide between crowd and band became momentarily blurred as everyone realised it's not often that Brighton, or any city for that matter, gets to experience a band this explosive.

The encore comprised a double whammy of fan favourites. The war-like pounding of Touch You Touch You may well have shaken the Concorde to its very foundations but it was the diverse pop sensibilities of hit single Bandages that really got people dancing.

As the band walked off stage after a blistering set, they could sleep safe in the knowledge that, as promised, they are so much more than one-hit wonders.

Review by Kit Thompson, features@theargus.co.uk