Wye Oak @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 21 Aug

Without her usual backing band, Madeline Kenney is forced to work double or triple time in her opening slot. However, her looping skills are more than up to the task as she harmonises with herself and lays down percussive guitar on top of which she can let her ethereal vocals glide. A choice Cass McCombs cover, Medusa's Outhouse, is the cherry on top of a sparkling, though brief performance.

The disturbance of a 20-minute fire alarm between sets isn't enough to ruffle Wye Oak's feathers as they waste no time getting stuck into The Instrument, the intricate and dazzling opener of their new album, The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs. The set is mostly composed of songs from that album, along with a selection of hits from their previous three. Augmenting the live line-up of the band is William Joseph Hackney, their full-time touring bassist, which frees up multi-instrumentalist Andy Stack to administer the electronic flourishes that have become a more prevalent presence over the years, as well as his various percussional duties.

Everything flows so smoothly and cohesively that it's a surprise to find that an hour has passed as Civilian ends and Jenn Wasner begins to relate a story of a Fringe magazine misprint of the title of the new album, “The Harder I Call, the Faster It Comes.” The actual title track serves as the main set closer, fusing together all the elements of the vast sonic palette that the band use to colour their latest album. A rare encore puts Wasner firmly in the spotlight with a charming rendition of Joni Mitchell's Coyote, bringing a spellbinding evening to a beautifully haunting end.