Sons and Daughters, Fat Sams, Dundee

After a gruelling time in the studio with Bernard Butler helming production, the second Sons and Daughters album is finally in the can and the band are currently showcasing their new material on a lengthy UK tour. Hopes are high that This Gift will propel the band beyond cult status upon its release early next year, and lead single Gilt Complex confirms their knack for conjuring up a menacing number has not deserted them. As a live act, S&D are always compelling – it's not for nothing that Morrissey chose them to support him on his last visit to Blighty. Lead singer Adele Bethel specialises in prowling the stage provocatively, while the rest of the band get on with providing the musical atmospherics to match the darkly natured lyrics. Amongst the songs new and familiar, we might hear an airing of their superb cover of Adamski's Killer. [Graeme Blaikie]