Reviews

As he hummed the melody to Retrograde, the audience let out a huge cheer which ended up looped in with the vocals, returning again and again throughout the song.

Fan favourite Shutter Speed is so well received a woman literally faints near the mixing desk, to awaken like a knocked-out boxer with a crowd around her

The song that started the group’s rise to fame, Sleepyhead, which once more had the crowd in hysterics, practically screaming along with Angelakos in what was a fantastic end to an extremely enjoyable - and ultimately very sweaty – evening.

The audience seemed to feed off as well, becoming more and more responsive as the set progressed and even surpassing the band in volume a few times on Becoming A Jackal with their singing.

Nothing happens quickly and as a result each act is given the opportunity to be epic through merit of duration alone, but the artistry on all fronts means this ‘epic’ is earned and not expected.

Not just for kids, Miss Ophelia is a delight for the inner child in us all.

Harlequin Dream perfectly combines the jaunty swagger of neo-folk with real emotion and a touch of bitter sweetness for an album of real substance.

Perhaps aptly, Lost is also about what’s not there, but now is. As their distributor procrastinated over its release through 1988, the band finally found the right way into a crowd favourite.

The Long Time is a rounded and complete effort compiled from the flowing and orchestral influence of Wheeler’s experience shaping film scores, but with the added pull of modernity, electronica and beats

While they’ve certainly injected a little something to the pop punk genre with J.A.C.K. by throwing in a couple of their own curveballs, it isn’t really enough to make the album all that memorable.

If this is Campbell’s swansong, he can go out with his head held incredibly high.