Gig Review: Radio Luxembourg, Clwb Ifor Bach, 20/9/08

With their Welsh roots, catchy hooks and playful, psychedelic edge it would be easy to dismiss Radio Luxembourg as Super Furry Animals Juniors. There are certainly worse bands to try and emulate but the band mix in equal amounts of The Small Faces and Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd into their sound along with a clutch of riffs straight out of the Chuck Berry song book.

With their boundless energy and ever shifting tempo the Radio Luxembourg keep the crowd on their toes. Not everyone here tonight can follow the band's predominantly Welsh language lyrics but nobody seems to mind. It would be a shame if their lyrics stopped them reaching a wider audience. When they break out buzzy little pop-psych gems like Eli Haul it doesn't really matter what they're singing about, the music gets people dancing and singing along to lyrics they can barely pronounce let alone understand.

Regardless of the language barrier, Radio Luxembourg have hit upon a great sound but they could still do with a couple more killer songs in their set list. If they can come up with a few as instant and infectious as set highlight Mostyn a Diego they should have a bright future ahead of them.