From the start of their set, it was clear why Hello Operator are frequently name-checked by other York musicians as one of the best bands around these parts. Starting mellow, front man Max Dalton took to the stage on his own, building through a first verse as the rest of the band came on, set up and then burst a collective note that kicked off some bluesy, gritty rock and roll.

And they didn’t let up, playing with swagger, energy, and enough sound to fill a venue ten times bigger, contrasting between cool riffs and simply going mental, through the head-nodding-inducing Goliath to the complex psych rock odyssey of Hallucination Lucifer, before closing with the Hendrix-esque Black Betty Child.