Peering into ‘Gauntlet Hair’’s electro-haze, it’s difficult to make out anything but a brightly-coloured blur. But, allow yourself to be swallowed whole and it suddenly all makes sense; tinges of Panda Bear’s hypnotic psych bleed into a day-glo hum that’s deceptively catchy and aggressively addictive. ‘Showing’ sounds like Spandau Ballet doing No Age, and there’s more than a touch of strident magnificence to ‘My Christ’’s heroic stomp. The heavy electronic treatment can make things seem a little cold and robotic at times, but like Johnny 5 before them, Gauntlet Hair are most assuredly alive.

Will Fitzpatrick