Texans Explosions In The Sky admitted they’d graced Brighton stages many times.

But Sunday’s Dome gig – easily the instrumental five-piece’s largest to date – seemed to be the one that best suited their cinematic, loud/quiet/loud brand of epic-osity best.

Playing in one long, uninterrupted stretch for an hour an a half (making knowing when to applaud tricky), the ‘setlist’ spanned their seven-album career, although surprisingly material from this month’s undulating The Wilderness got the biggest cheers as its tracks’ opening chimes first rang out.

Smoother round the edges than post-rock contemporaries Mogwai and without the underwater drift of Sigur Ros (both of whom EITS are regularly compared to), this was a night that displayed how precise this band have become.

Special mention should also go to the light show – a simple floor level strip at the front and rear of the stage, casting eerie inkwell cages across the performers throughout, giving even further texture and drama to the band’s pulse.

Often stopping on a knife-edge before ramping up the audio theatrics with a pedal or feedback, before falling away again to silence, the band provided a new kind of theatre.

And it felt like the perfect stage for it too.