Riding the guilty pleasures wave that saw The Feeling top radio-airplay charts in 2007, indie-pop trio The Hoosiers must be rubbing their hands with glee.

Their shrill, oddball pop, once the stuff of hushed confessions to close friends, is now the stuff of unashamed celebration, as they embrace out-and-out pop.

But they are surely pushing their luck. Emerging from a wardrobe on the side of the stage last night, the trio's first action was to spell out their name in multi-coloured foam letters. As onstage gestures go, it was not exactly up there with eating a bat.

"Are you ready for a shiny pile of fun?" asked frontman Irwin Sparkes, flanked by a keyboardist dressed as Flash Gordon, a bassist in an ushanka and two backing vocalists dressed as skeletons.

The fun was the ebullient power-pop of the band's 2007 debut The Trick To Life. Recent single Mr A nodded at ELO's Mr Blue Sky, while Cops and Robbers echoed the offbeat quirkiness of The Cure's Lovecats.

During quieter moments, The Hoosiers suggested that there may be more to their repertoire than throwaway pop. Clinging On For Life was a tender melodic ballad, while Run Rabbit Run showcased the vocal acrobatics of Sparkes.

However, these musical detours were kept to a minimum by a band that are as much about onstage antics as they are about tunes. It wasn't long before giant inflatable balls were thrown into the crowd and the whacky party got under way again.

An encore of Worried About Ray, the single that announced their arrival last summer, prompted a mass singalong. They will need more of this to remain on the crest of this wave.