The Bohicas / Keep Breathing / Echo Valley / @ King Tut’s, 27 May

It’s a veritable kaleidoscope of musical genres tonight at King Tut’s, and first up is some serious fuzzage courtesy of Aryshire foursome Echo Valley. The riff-heavy group tunnel purposefully along through some darkly experimental psychedelica, before ending their set in a breathless flurry of crashing, descending notes.

Pulling us in an altogether different direction, Keep Breathing lavish an appreciative crowd with layer upon layer of liquid, atmospheric alt rock. Cloaked in a haze of blue light, frontman Liam Milne’s expansive vocals are augmented by corpulent bass lines and artfully echoed notes. Lyrics are, for the most part, indistinguishable - a mere bit-player to the lofty rock opera that is unfolding. Likewise, there’s little banter from Milne, just furrowed-brow sincerity as the Newcastle band carve out a grandiose set of stadium-like proportions.

The headline act are in a stellar mood tonight, and it shows. The early noughties wave of guitar-pop rock may have receded out to a ripple over the years, but The Bohicas launch in on a tsunami of power riffs, sharp harmonies and singer Dominic McGuinness’s ginger-quiffed charm. With a debut album set for release in August, they’re also eager to please, generously conceding single Where You At as the second song of the set and sending a group of likely lads pogoing about the floor. The galloping drums of XXX and the staccato delivery To Die For similarly electrify the crowd, and make up for a momentary lapse of momentum caused by a couple of “fucking slow numbers,” to use McGuinness’s own words. Perpetually upbeat and positively brimming with three-and-a-half minute melodies, The Bohicas unmistakably embody the earnestness that is the unifying theme of the night.