Drive Like You Stole It first signalled their moniker’s determined intent to me on a boat of all places, plying a hard line in non-compromising rock almost a year ago. Then they were a young band full of potential and desire. Now, with a début album fast approaching and several tours under their belts, it sounds like they are coming of age. Using clever structures, gliding high then ebbing forever at the edges - this is where post-hardcore labels are used so frequently. They wear their inspirations on their sleeves (or t-shirts) and carefully blend the righteous dynamics of Cave In with the insidious harmonies so purveyed by those magical Foo Fighters, except it’s sung by a girl! A GIRL! Despite regularly invoking visions of a snarling, soaring PJH occasionally interspersed with vital, restrained Courtney ‘moments’, vocalist Mel Young here breaks away from the well-blazed trail other lady rock stars have slipped into, exuding an undeniable feminine glow whilst not relying on an overt sexuality as the band’s main trick. DLYSI have already been growing from strength to strength and one can only imagine where it will end.

Spawned from the same scene as Oceansize, Amplifier have taken a bit more time over their rise to perfection. While Oceansize inked their contract with years of touring already executed, Amplifier were a younger band – still developing and nurturing a less alienating stoner grunge sound that had the capacity to be a sensation amongst crowds if they practised sufficiently. And practise they did. While still having their Pearl Jam episodes there is a considerable upsurge in beef in their performance. What used to be beautifully soaring psychedelic disarray now imitates a precise, begrudging beast of a set; music bordering on the metal but still safe enough for mass consumption. As with InMe, their labelmates, Amplifier have honed their talents into a splendorous, heaving mass of sludge rock that will sell records that will get venues packed out and that will make them stars.