T in the Park review: Metronomy

Red Bull Stage, Sunday

IT'S three years since Devon-via-London band Metronomy first graced T in the Park, and while they find themselves on a similarly sized stage this time round, they're clearly a more established name.

For a start, they have a whole new album of material to draw on. The English Riviera, released in April, is already being talked about as one of 2011's finest.

Playing to a large, boisterous crowd in the Red Bull tent, they open with that LP's finale, Love Underlined, a track which explodes into a huge, surging synth line as if to underline their own dance credentials.

Wearing their trademark circular light pads on their chests, the quartet deliver the perfect festival set, and bassist Gbenga Adelekan - as well as propelling his mates forward with his abrasive slap style - steals the show with his front-of-stage strutting.

Their feat of compressing two excellent albums into a half hour is as successful as it is limiting, and the fans respond with adulation to earlier tracks like Heartbreaker and set-closer Radio Ladio.

It's further testament to their connection with the audience that when singer Joseph Mount asks if there is anyone with the same name as their infectious party-starter Corinne, about 15 girls duly scream in the affirmative.

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