Last time DiS glimpsed these tykes, they were entertaining the BBQ-gorged clientele at one of our Brixton alldayers. Back then, Smother seemed a bright-eyed bunch with a blast of lively punk sketches. Such promising infancy has given way to a snarling creature with an impending and fearsome set of molars. Smother have grown teeth - and how.

Where they once paid tribute to Green Day, Smother now evoke lusty thoughts of 'Hope Is Important'-era Idlewild and Queens Of The Stone Age's best and bolshiest buzzsaw riffs, while a keen melodic sensibility ties the lot together with the unfussy panache of the Foo Fighters. The tinny guitar etchings have ballooned into monstrous little bastards, wholly capable of rendering the songs with the power they deserve, as their unpretentious vocalist howls and roars his way through a punchy set.

Disappointingly the pace lags a little towards the end, as memorable song structures are forsaken in places for chugga-chugga-chugga glee at the sounds their guitars have started to make, but for the most part they're nothing short of impressive, making the most and more of their short early-evening set. Given enough room to hone their songs and flesh out their identity, Smother could emerge as one of the UK's most promising bands.