HEALTH @ The Captain's Rest, 10 May

Having been treated to 30 minutes of psychedelic, inventive brilliance from Edinburgh's Super Adventure Club - tonight's highlight - there simply aren't enough foul words in the English language to describe The Leg. A pretentious art-belch in comedy masks, they make a half-baked stab at esoteric Load-esque outlandishness, but fall so alarmingly short it is almost literally painful to witness.

Thus, HEALTH have an easy act to follow; attacking with self-assured ferocity, the contortions of the four Californians make a suitable visual accompaniment to the abrasive musical freak-out taking place in the crowd's ears. The drumming is at times quite outstanding and HEALTH's leftfield take on vocals keeps things interesting; for a while. Sadly, after 20 minutes of zig-zagging riffs, things get a little dull. The audience appear numb to the aural pummelling and the lack of much memorable underlying structure or melody renders the latter half of their set merely okay.