Metronomy are shaping up to be one of Brighton's finest musical exports of recent years.
With home-hewn records, inspired DIY videos and now a delightfully quirky, stylised stage show - think Devo, a lo-fi Kraftwerk or Hot Chip if they could only crack a smile - their growing popularity is proof a little flair and plenty of talent can go a heck of a lot further than major-label dollars.
Their sound will be familiar to anyone who has been inside a young person's nightclub in the past three years but there's none of contemporary electro's vacuous sensibilities here, just oodles of quality songwriting and tunes crammed with ace ideas such as barmy, polka-inspired synth lines, crisp R'n'B-esque micro melodies and lashings of daft falsetto.
Monday's never a great night for raving but Metronomy quickly won over a sluggish crowd with a witty, inventive and mischievous performance bolstered by some hilarious three-man choreography.
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