FOUND / Make Model @ Out Of The Blue, 4 Dec

FOUND have just released their second album to glowing reviews. Make Model have just signed to EMI and their debut album is one of the most eagerly anticipated Scottish LPs of 2008. If it's all about the timing, as we're constantly reminded, then it doesn't get much better than this. Forget boughs of holly, it's multicoloured hanging buckets, a collection of rotating bathroom mirrors freshly purchased from the Bargain Store and a superb DIY light show that the I Fly Spitfires crew have decked the halls of Out Of The Blue Cafe with tonight. If that sounds ludicrous, good: that fits like a glove.

If there's one group in Scotland suited to a bespoke setting, it's FOUND (4/5). Exuberant on stage as on record, it's easy to see why they've previously opted to play warehouses - even storage containers: their spacious sound comes into its own in the commodious venue. Taking the marvellous When You Fall from one crescendo to the next, afore a projected backdrop of paper planes epitomises the soaring quality of their set tonight and for a band whose part appeal is their lackadaisicalness, they're remarkably tight on-stage. "Edinburgh needs an injection of life," FOUND'S Tommy recently told The Skinny. Cometh the hour...

With the UK press gripped in the search for an Arcade Fire or Broken Social Scene to call their own, Make Model (4/5) are big news just now. Arcade Fire? No: a female vocal normally leads to such superficial comparisons. BSS? Maybe: Czech Neck is tonight's 7/4 Shoreline. Scrutiny aside, it's an excellent performance. As the out of season sunset harmonies of The Was resonate around the hall, all cockles are receptively warmed and toes involuntarily tapped. The Christmassy theme commences with the passing out of mince pies and mulled wine, but just one thing: isn't the music of this time of year supposed to be shit? [Finbarr Bermingham]