Metronomy, The Roundhouse, London

Some things don’t change: November is cold, Camden is busy, the Roundhouse is lovely and Metronomy are back. This is the first of two sold out shows at the iconic North London venue and there’s a buzz in the air.

After a high-energy set from Squid, Metronomy emerge onto the dark stage, clad in blue and white uniforms with heavy blue lights shining down on them, and launch into ‘Lately’, the guitar-led lead single from September’s ‘Metronomy Forever’.

The opener sets the tone for the night as they seamlessly blend new songs into a fan-favourite-filled setlist. An untrained ear would be hard-pressed to figure out which were the new tracks with ‘Insecurity’, ‘Salted Caramel Ice Cream’ and ‘Sex Emoji’ all drawing reactions on par with the classics, bar certified indie hit ‘The Look’ which, unsurprisingly, pops off.

Frontman Joe Mount pauses midway to reminisce about playing at the nearby Barfly early in the band’s career and it shows just how far he’s come in the 14 years since the first Metronomy album was released.

Part of what makes Metronomy such a good live act is that every member shines, whether it’s Anna Prior’s lead vocal and drumming combo on ‘Everything Goes My Way’, Oscar Cash and Michael Lovett performing instrumental ‘Lying Low’ while moving their synths together, or Olugbenga Adelekan being everyone’s favourite bassist-slash-hypeman-slash-dancer-slash-harmoniser.