Cat's Eyes @ St. Andrew's in the Square, 25 Apr

It's easy to see Cat's Eyes preference for more ornate surroundings given that their initial live outing took place in The Vatican; St Andrews on the Square certainly fulfils that premise. However, the reverberent setting does have some drawbacks in that, on the more raucous tracks such as Sunshine Girls and Cat's Eyes, the swell of instrumentation, although tightly executed, throughout the chamber does serve to drown out the vocal delivery of The Horrors' Faris Badwan, and most notably, that of soprano Rachel Zeffira.

Being seated for these tracks, and that of an impressively energised cover of Pink Floyd's Lucifer Sam, also has the effect of draining some of the potential fervour amongst the crowd. Thankfully, Zeffira takes her chance to shine on the ambient arias that are Not a Friend and I'm Not Stupid and does so with aplomb; confirming the notion that her introduction to the world of popular music is possibly the best thing to come out of this particular collaboration. [Paul Mitchell]