ECHOBELLY rose to prominence on the wave of euphoria that gave us 1990s Britpop - with raw energy, gritty guitar, and a general feeling of "let's all go to the pub". So a hot Bank Holiday weekend seems the ideal time to take ourselves back there.

Originally formed in London by India-born singer Sonya Madan and Swedish guitarist Glenn Johansson, Echobelly are in York for the penultimate show of a short tour promoting their new album, and their set seamlessly mixes their 90s hits with the new material. The sound takes a couple of songs to settle down but thereafter it's a really great set.

The new release, out this week, is called Anarchy And Alchemy - it's their first since 2004's Gravity Pulls.

The title track and the second single, Hey Hey Hey, sit well alongside earlier material like the popular Dark Therapy, and the audience all dance along to the more upbeat Molotov.

It's no surprise to find the crowd know all the words to their biggest chart hit Great Things - a top 20 number in 1995 which appears on many Britpop anthologies.

A three-song encore, including the excellent King of the Kerb and Nobody Like You, briefly transports us back to the heady summers of the late 90s when the future was bright. Then the house lights come up and it's back to reality.