There's something primal about the Archie Bronson Outfit at their best.

The four-piece, taking to the stage dressed in what looked like their mums’ best curtains, came into their own when establishing an hypnotic groove.

When they dipped into back catalogue songs such as Cherry Lips and Dead Funny, the whole audience moved as one, from frenetic moshing in front of the stage, to nodding along towards the back. The organic rhythms, drawing on rock, blues and psychedelia, were so heavy that at one point the show had to stop for drummer Arp to replace a broken snare.

Every band has to keep moving to survive, but the introduction of a fourth member, and the increased use of synthesisers and even a drum machine on latest album Coconut, has taken some of the urgency and organic feel from the Outfit.

The synth washes and 1980s sounds broke into the natural rhythm, and added to a muddy mix which masked frontman Sam Windett’s impassioned vocals.

On occasion, when the insistent grooves stopped, the Outfit almost became a little boring.

They were still an improvement on support The Victorian English Gentlemens Club, who with their second album Love On An Oil Rig seem to have ditched the insistent punky thrash of their debut in favour of dull dirges.