Hot Chip | Brixton Academy | 19 October 2012

You can tell a gig will be above the run of the mill when the clamour of touts two hours before the start rivals the buzz of the crowd inside. On a Friday night out, Hot Chip did not disappoint.

This homecoming show was a high-octane set with plenty of material from their new album, 'In Our Heads'. It was a pleasure to see this was greeted enthusiastically by the audience.

There's something slightly 80s or early 90s about Hot Chip's sound. When the set opened to strobe lights and a synth rhythm it felt like we had turned up to the world's biggest, funnest and most credible 80s night. We were even treated to a mid-set cover of Fleetwood Mac's Everywhere for our troubles.

Even the back of Brixton Academy, beneath the balcony, which tends to suffer from muffled sound and lack atmosphere, were bopping and beaming at one another. And it's definitely a good sign when even the people right at the back are dancing like it's 1989.