Nai Harvest drilled their clinical fuzzy pop into an eager crowd, with an unforgiving return to Brighton on Friday.

The Sheffield-based duo are no strangers to this city, with the show being their second here in under a month. They were clearly eager to distance themselves from the old, angry emo sound of debut LP, Whatever, moving to a more 1990s indie resurgence style.

Keen to showcase material from recently released LP, Hairball, the band burst into an adrenaline-charged set.

The two-piece, made up of frontman and guitarist, Ben Thompson, and drummer, Lew Currie, held an impressively full sound.

Energy radiated through the venue as Thompson wrestled jangly guitar riffs with heartfelt lyrics, gliding across the stage during distorted whirlwinds of chords before bursting into unforgiving, melodic choruses.

Countless layers and intersections added even more sonic fizz, with sporadic tempo changes emphasising each track, especially effective during All The Time, which had the furiously head banging crowd chanting along.

Nai Harvest oozed influences from all over, and, although at times the old emo classics were undeniably missed, there was no doubting the new direction is a smart move, with the duo rapidly rising up the ranks of UK indie.

Three stars