Live Review: BIGSOUND Live: Rolls Bayce

The Zoo is unusually full for single-digit PM hours, and fledgling locals Rolls Bayce make it their mission to reward the early commitment from the get-go.

It's a little unsurprising that this relatively young band in particular should sound so assured - they're a well-pedigreed bunch, not least of all due to being able to capitalise on heartthrob frontman Dean McGrath's history and experience with indie-pop darlings Hungry Kids Of Hungary. Granted, this is an entirely more rockin' affair - from the 4/4 lurch of their opening strains to the soulful strut of highlight Don't Get Me Wrong, a funky bass-walk, an animalistic drum fill-solo and an altogether more assured, snarling driving force - but the members of Rolls Bayce do a fine and impressive job of balancing a sense of newness to their shtick with a fundamental sense of evolution.