Sweat, Her’s and Azusena keep the Hello 2017 juggernaut running at The Old Blue Last

Calendar anomalies mean tonight’s fourth Hello 2017 date isn’t the last - that honour falls to Pixx et al on 31st January - but it does feel somewhat ‘in keeping’ that all four acts here have something of the square-peg-round-hole about them.

First up is the evening’s ‘secret guest’. Ben Gregory is usually seen fronting indie pop had-hitters and Class of 2017 alumni Blaenavon, but tonight he’s flying solo, just his peacock-adorned Strat in tow. He plays both day job numbers - ‘Prague’ and ‘Orthodox Man’ showing off a more delicate side when stripped so far back - and a few which are either works-in-progress or pure solo songs like ‘Thinking in Spanish’ and ‘All Your Vanity’ (by which we mean they don’t appear to be referred to anywhere online).