Electric Picnic: We Cut Corners - A savvy, slick set

It’s more than a little surprising to discover that this is We Cut Corners’s first time on an Electric Picnic stage. This year’s bookers are rewarded with a savvy, slick set packed tight with energy and no scarcity of showmanship.

Not for nothing are John Duignan and Conall O’Breachain well known for more than their school-teaching skills. This is music in a hurry, all tight hustle on the guitar with on point drums while the pair’s vocals jab and wrestle their way nimbly over the melodic top lines.

The pair are not without a bit of festival nous either: This is Then tees up an acoustic diversion that starts in Pirate's Life, wanders through a bit of Blur and ends up in Helter Skelter. For debutants, they play this one like a pair of old hands. Impressive.

In three words: Promise and power