You can trust Louder Our experienced team has worked for some of the biggest brands in music. From testing headphones to reviewing albums, our experts aim to create reviews you can trust. Find out more about how we review.

Considering the location, the time of year and a Number One album in the back pocket, for the first 20 minutes or so, it’s a curiously flat and un-energised incarnation of Stereophonics that greets the well-up-for-it throng.

The subtle menace of Mr Writer still bares its teeth, and though perhaps sitting uneasily next to the breezier elements of Have A Nice Day and Pick A Part That’s New, in truth that’s the band’s strength: sewing together the intimate and grandiose with an anthemic melodic thread.

The sheer quantity of killer singles is also evidenced over a full set, peaking with raucous set-closer Dakota. Job done.

Tim Batcup is a writer for Classic Rock magazine and Prog magazine. He's also the owner of Cover To Cover, Swansea's only independent bookshop, and a director of Storyopolis, a free children’s literacy project based at the Volcano Theatre, Swansea. He likes music, books and Crass.