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That was the closest he came to trumpeting Tuesday's Mercury Prize nomination for his band's debut album, Man Alive, but then they must be used to official endorsements by now.

Since its release in August last year there's been a South Bank Sky Arts award, two Ivor Novello nominations and a slot on the prestigious NME Tour. They played here for competition winners with the blessing of Converse, enjoying the intimacy amid a summer of impersonal festivals.

That they aren't quite so popular with the public as with institutions must be due to a sound that is so packed with varied ideas that it's as if someone is playing them on fast-forward.

The standout single, MY KZ, UR BF, combined slick US R&B keyboards with jittery, high speed vocals and jerky rhythms. Weights employed choirboy singing, wiry guitar and a mighty, crashing conclusion.

Nor does it help their case that Higgs has the most incessant falsetto since Justin Hawkins of The Darkness.

It was a lot to take in and quite exhausting to watch. Just as I was worrying that they had employed so many tricks that their next album could only be one long minimalist drone, a new song appeared with a great tune and thankfully, a slightly more relaxed pace.

When they learn to calm down a bit they'll go far.

Everything Everything
100 Club
Oxford Street, W1D 1LL