Having shed their usual black (owing to the searingly hot weather), Counterfeit still maintained an oozing, self-assured swagger that poured from every pore – amongst copious amounts of sweat!

Scything guitars cut through frontman Jamie Campbell-Bower’s strained vocals, as the band mixed the blistering grit of the classic punk of the likes of Black Flag, with other musical flirtations sprinkled throughout. The melodic love song ‘Lack of Oxygen’ brought a gently tolling lead guitar, while lawless rager ‘Paralyzed’ was filled with brittle, chugging guitars borne straight from the gloomy metal ore underworld.

Approaching the barrier to stir up some further anarchy, Bower commanded the show as the band ploughed through a raucous display of their new swathes of material. One thing’s for sure, that sophomore album is guaranteed to be one huge sucker-punch of a record!

Talk about an irresistible wake-up call!