Hear It In The Cans: We Have Band @ Crawdaddy

On a night out at 'Antics' in Dublin's Crawdaddy last Summer, I stumbled upon a London-based trio by the name of We Have Band, whose brand of sprightly indie disco was right up my alley.

Whoever was booking for Antics at the time clearly had their fingers on the pulse because the then unsigned, relatively unknown London-based outfit have since enjoyed all manner of success, including releases with trendy boutique labels Kitsuné and Pure Groove and a prominent slot at this year's Glastonbury after triumphing in the festival's 'Emerging Talent' contest.

After nabbing a last-minute ticket courtesy of Le Cool, I braved an apocalyptic deluge and wandered along to see the band play Crawdaddy once more on Friday night.

Dublin band Feed The Bears aren't perhaps the most appropriate choice of support act but turn in a decent set before, after setting up their own equipment, We Have Band take to the stage.

They may have the wardrobe and demeanour of painfully cool London scenesters, but band-members Dede, Darren and Thomas waste no time in demonstrating that they have the substance to match their style. Launching into their set of frenetic, dance-pop numbers, the band soon have the soggy crowd busting a move and shaking themselves dry.

Combining chunky basslines and electronic samples with an assortment of electronic drums, tambourines and cowbells allows We Have Band to produce a much more layered sound than you might expect from a three-piece and, by sharing vocal (and whistling) duties three ways, the band add another facet of variety to their sound.

Interspersed with establish anthems 'Oh!', 'Hear It In The Cans' and 'You Came Out' are new tracks from the band's forthcoming album, scheduled for release in the new year. The new material goes down just as well as the more familiar tunes and it seems that, however much success We Have Band have enjoyed in 2009, 2010 may well be the year that sees them graduate to the indie elite.