How do you ensure that everyone is wide awake on day two of Leeds Festival? Well, you unleash hip hop rock specialists The LaFontaines and compel the whole place to dance.

The Scottish trio had just two commands for everyone present in the Radio 1 Dance Stage tent: Put your hands up and jump! The crowd duly obliged, and it led to a 40-minute-long performance that certainly shook the cobwebs away after a late Friday night.

The LaFontaines delivered a gig that was full of verve, swagger, and bravado as they made sure that tracks from each of their three albums got a runout. The biggest cheers for the afternoon came for crowd favorites ‘King’ and ‘Under the Storm’, and the audience more than played their part in belting back each song’s chorus to Kerr, Jamie, and Darren.

Die-hard fans went home happy, and it’s inevitable that The LaFontaines will have scooped up some new supporters after their pulsating set. Band influences in The Beastie Boys and Rage Against the Machine were notable but, if The LaFontaines continue to impress like they did today at Leeds Festival, they are more than capable of joining those elite acts in this unique musical genre.