Bat For Lashes / Yeasayer @ HMV Picture House, 20 Oct

After guesting on Bat For Lashes’ new-ish album, Brooklyn band Yeasayer were an obvious choice of support for this tour. Whether the audience knows it or not, their brand of apocalyptic psych rock is now louder than ever - the trio having replaced their old drummer and added a percussionist to the mix. They blast, boom and jam through five new tracks that range from (dare-I-say) Animal Collective-esque freeform beats to one overtly pop number with hints of Hot Chip. Although Ira Wolf Tuton’s fantastic basslines waft indistinctly up into the lofty proscenium, the trio make amends for any lack of detail on the closing couplet of Wait For the Summer and Sunrise.

This is the last night of the tour, so Bat For Lashes could be forgiven if there were a few bum notes, coarse vocals or sluggish gestures. But Natasha Khan and her band, including ex-Ash guitarist Charlotte Hatherley, are utterly professional, effortlessly recreating the musical complexities of Fur And Gold and Two Suns, with added energy to boot. The dramatic female drummer almost steals the limelight in up-tempo tracks like Glass, Pearl’s Dream and the slow-building Siren Song, but Khan deservedly pulls focus with her stunning renditions of the more measured Horse and I and Prescilla. The only possible criticism is that such an abundance of talent can, bizarrely, give the illusion that they’re going through the motions. Put simply, they’re almost too good for their own good. [Nick Mitchell]