Flamingods @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 9 Nov

Those who caught Flamingods' performance at Glasgow's Stag & Dagger festival back in May will attest that the group's eclectic soundscapes are a welcome break from the norm. The quintet, whose members are based in both London and Bahrain, make psychedelic music with a global scope, and tonight Broadcast's tiny stage is crammed with guitars, synths, bongos, cowbells and a jumble of additional instruments, leaving barely enough room for the performers themselves.

In his seashell-adorned cap and glittering waistcoat, the perennially cheerful Kamal Rasool guides us through Majesty, the group’s third album and debut release on Soundway Records. By way of introduction Rasool explains that they'll be "playing a lot off the new album," and given the context, it's an obvious choice.

Responding to the outcome of the US election earlier in the day, the band posted on their Facebook page: "We stand strong in the belief that we are all connected as one and need to come together in these times and unite against the hate-fuelled madness going on around us." It's an apt mission statement for Flamingods' jubilant, invigorating rhythms, and for their latest album, which follows a conceptual narrative of the journey to enlightenment. 

"Leaving the place you live to go somewhere more exotic," as Rasool explains, is a welcome remedy tonight, and Flamingods' transportative tunes ferry us through shamanic vocals, Middle Eastern beats, handclaps, percussive freakouts and psych jams, so boldly optimistic and colourful that Broadcast's compact basement barely manages to contain the magic.