Appearances can be misleading. Infrasound take their name from sub-bass soundwaves, inaudible to the human ear, that can shatter glass and cause hallucinations. The Leeds quintet have supported the Fall, been produced by Andy Gill (guitarist with newly reformed post-punks Gang of Four) and claim as their influences Joy Division and Public Image Limited. All this might lead you to expect a band of uncompromising radicalism. Yet vocalist John Walker brings to mind a rather different set of comparisons.

Leaning into the mic, his eyes half-closed and his chest thrust forward, he looks the spit of Liam Gallagher. And at times the band's sound recalls the chugging bombast of late-period Oasis - about as far from a call to the barricades as it is possible to get.

This tension between a populist instinct and an enthusiasm for the avant garde has characterised many a band, of course, and Infrasound's taut arrangements, retro synths and nimble drumming show promise. But their cause is not helped tonight by the fact that, since they are second on the bill to MOR-ish local band the Mandrakes, half of the crowd is at the bar for their set.

Infrasound still put on a spirited show. New single Deerhunter is a desperate, clattering epic, and a spacey slower number mushrooms into a wonderfully percussive coda. But the song of the night is Final Warning, which starts with an abrasive throb before shifting up a gear and moving into a guitar and chorus line that U2 would be proud to call their own.

It doesn't feel terribly art-rock, but it does bode well for their debut album, due in the spring. If Infrasound can muster half the commercial momentum that Walker's soaring vocals and Joel Dowson's sharp guitar bestow upon their songs, they might just become a force to be reckoned with.