Walls @ Sneaky Pete's, 27 May

Despite glowing album plaudits and back-slaps from the likes of Caribou and Battles, London duo Walls remain a cult concern. Tonight’s shallow gig turnout emphasises this, though taking stage at eleven o’clock on a school night undoubtedly exacerbates things. It’s something of a puzzle, particularly when members Sam Willis and Alessio Natalizia hit Balearic-style plateaus time and again.

Squint at the double-whammy finale of Sunporch and Raw Umber and you could easily imagine a throng of sweaty clubbers losing their shit to the madly euphoric peak of it all. Yet like listening to the source albums, Walls in a live setting easily transcend whatever mundane obstacles surround you. And so, the crowd dance in shafts of sunlight that punch through the venue’s flaky mortar whilst the band coax mass crowd participation to centrepiece and highlight Burnt Sienna. Well, in our minds at least. Walls? An ironic moniker for sure.