Live Review: Midnight Juggernauts, Yesyou, Four Door

Four Door set a two-man, two-synth start to a crappy Saturday night, and their gentle build was perfect for the task. International yet local (there aren't enough keyboard/flanno combos onstage), they set the tone nicely. Next YesYou were a gear change into band land, with single, Half Of It, a particular standout, as was a harmonic intro, then full-on rock-out into a cover of Hot Chip's One Life Stand. Then, after three years away, the Midnight Juggernauts took the stage and took over the vibe. There was quite a bit of the weird newness led by first single, Ballad Of A War Machine, but as with all their stuff, the Juggers took us off the beaten track by gently taking our hand with a warm, building groove. Mid set, the captain-hat-clad trio handed over to 'someone who hit us up on Facebook with a strange request', and audience member Chris got up for a rambling, bumbling, out of tune but ultimately successful marriage proposal. While it was a bit touch and go for a while (he started telling his life story, during which the band looked slightly nervous and the crowd was cooling down), but when the opening chords of Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On kicked off (live by the band, slightly out of tune and out of time), we were all back on side. Like the world's sweetest off-key karaoke, it was only the hardest of arseholes who was left chanting 'get on with it'. The Juggers returned, genuinely moved, then of course went straight Into The Galaxy. While there are still no solid plans for what exactly will drop, how and when (somewhere in a few months), tonight proved that one of our best, and weirdest, dancey good times bands are back.