Sadly, tonight’s performance was a stripped back performance. So the singer wasn’t prancing around the stage, instead he sat behind a keyboard. Surprisingly, this didn’t detract from the performance. Tom, the singer is very affable, chatty and engaging, explaining the stories behind each song and was not averse to a bit of self-deprecating humour. So it was a good performance, but in a way I wasn’t expecting.

Musically, the songs were stripped back acoustic versions. Still very 70s influenced but with wry lyrics. At times ELO, other times Elton John ‘Yellow Brick Road’ era, with occasion touches of Queen. All familiar but at the same time a refreshing change from the darkness of the post-punk bands on the scene. I really enjoyed the session.