The Indian summer might have scarpered but don’t despair, Brighton’s Sophie Madeleine will bring some sunshine into your life.

It’s impossible not to bask in the glow of her chirpy, hum-a-long sweet melodies or revel in the unfaltering DIY ethos that saw her self-record her two albums because she couldn’t find a label to stump up some cash.

It’s tempting to say she doesn’t need their help, but her performance made it hard to fathom why a label didn’t take a punt on her.

Backed with a three-piece band featuring violin, double bass and guitar, she opened with Stars – a silky, classy number, bathed in backing vocals and propped-up by beats and glockenspiel on a loop, while Change The Numbers – with the opening line “Turn back the clocks, change the numbers, wind back the watch on your wrist” – cleverly used a ticking timepiece as its percussive base.

Despite the heartwarming buzz gained from her songs, Madeleine tempered the cheeriness with her shy demeanour as she hid behind her hair throughout the performance, her inbetween song confidence only growing as the set neared its end.

Nevertheless, no amount of reserve could dilute the bouncy Oil And Gold, which is surely destined to soundtrack a balmy, late-afternoon festival set with its jaunty rhythm, lolloping tune and ba-dop backing vocals.

Her band left the stage while she performed Hypothetically Yours, her voice growing in stature while paired alongside an intricate ukulele melody, before they returned for the The Rhythm You Started, a joyous jaunt powered by sweeping, three-way vocals and dreamy orchestration.

Madeleine’s live show is sublime and, despite the attitudes of many record labels, the least we can do is make sure she doesn’t go unnoticed in her home town.