The Broken Family Band @ Cabaret Voltaire, 24 Apr

Fresh from headlining a JD Set in Glasgow, Cambridge quartet The Broken Family Band bring their biting indie gloom to the capital. Don’t expect many laughs, or any dancing: their trade is in stoic Editors-esque walls of guitar, with often surreal lyrics and the driest of delivery. Instead, expect sturdy helpings from new album Please And Thank You (out this month), which, if current single Salivating is an indicator, sees the band stray into stranger downbeat territory. They don’t come to party, and neither should you, but as a band to make the audience stop, think and appreciate, there can be few finer examples.