Bear Driver, Camden Barfly, London

Here’s a thought. Consecutive day scheduling in the same city is probably best saved for reunion tours and stadium bands, not a promising but unknown bristling folk pop band, who demonstrably played to sparse Barfly crowds the day before their debut album launch party.

The five piece, originally from the Leeds art scene, and exponents of upbeat grandoise choruses, layered melodies, and a playful use of instruments, open with ‘No Time No Speak’, the duelling guitars set against riotous drums and crooning 70s organ, accompanied playful ooh-oohs.

Avoiding awkward count-the-clap moments between songs, the band maintain a constant hum, rolling from one track to the next, resulting in the illusion of short set, despite rummaging through a host of the debut album tracks.

Further twinkly moments, from ‘Thousand Samurais’ and its off-world synth, are interspersed by introspection from the atmospheric ‘Never Never’, its languid drums and hazy guitar the antithesis of the other sing-along highs, and the thumping bass of the subdued ‘Colours Run’.

The beautiful mélange return with encore ‘Enemy’, its catchy guitar riff, and rich, full vocal chorus owing more than a passing resemblance to Montreal superband Arcade Fire, and garners raucous appreciation; a dozen strong selection of whoops and cheers.