Warpaint have never been a band to rush. Their incredible debut album, The Fool, was six years in the making, seeing the band through temporary splits and more drummer changes than they've had hot dinners. Maybe. It came as no surprise, then, that their live show was the perfect way to showcase their laid-back vibe.

Aside from their musical talent, the band were just fun to WATCH: vocalist- guitarists Theresa Wayman and Emily Kokal have obvious stage presence, while the chemistry between bassist Jenny Lee Lindberg and drummer Stella Mozgawa made me feel like I'd stumbled across two kids doing something mischievous. The band opened with non-album track 'Jubilee' , a daring move that demonstrated that they already don't need to churn out crowd pleasers to captivate their audience. After they got into their stride with the stomping 'Bees', lead single 'Undertow' had the first big reaction of the night, as a few crowd members valiantly started the jumping to shatter the mellow air. 'Composure' was a highlight, displaying the singers' vocal strengths while revealing just how far the songs are carried by the sheer force of Lindberg's bass and Mozgawa's flawless drumming.

Noticeably absent from the set was album opener, 'Set Your Arms Down', and the ethereal fan-favourite 'Billie Holliday'. But that hardly mattered by the encore, the high point of the show, which saw Kokal's solo performance of 'Baby' lull the entire crowd into an awed silence. She was then rejoined by her band mates for an extended version of 'Beetles'. The finale was a bit like the third 'Lord of the Rings' film- every time I thought it had ended, it just kept on going- but this was no bad thing. The show ended in an eruption of crashing guitar riffs, quickening bass lines and a thumping drum solo to pull the crowd out of their 'Baby'-induced stupefaction and leave the atmosphere electric.

Warpaint are experts in crowd control, entrancing the audience one minute before engaging in some friendly piss-taking and giving them no choice but to dance. In a wave of female fronted acts cluttered by fashion bands like The Like, and when Best Coast's weed-smoking habit now constitutes a genre ('slacker rock', anyone?), Warpaint have proved refreshingly difficult to pigeon-hole. Ever unpredictable, they are, quite simply, four excellent musicians allowing us to tag along for the ride.