Along with the likes of Toy and Hookworms, the young four-piece Temples are spearheading a much-discussed new wave of British psychedelic bands. Formed only a year ago in the not noticeably spaced-out town of Kettering, Northants, they're already selling out venues. The band are led by singer/guitarist James Edward Bagshaw, who – with corkscrew hair and sequined face – is such a ringer for Marc Bolan that he could surely make a small fortune in a T Rex tribute act if it all went badly wrong. However, his band attract an audience that spans the generations: youngsters experiencing psychedelia for the first time and older heads taking a trip back 20 years, when such hazy sounds were last successfully revived by groups such as Loop and Spacemen 3.

Appropriately enough, Temples' sound combines British psychedelia from down the ages. There are echoes of everything from early Pink Floyd to Echo and the Bunnymen and 90s "baggydelic" acts such as Spirea X. However, where some bands can get lost in a psychedelic fog, the Kettering youngsters have a promising grip on the sort of 60s-vintage pop songwriting that took the Last Shadow Puppets chartwards.

But this gig isn't Temples' finest half-hour. Their vintage amplifiers show their age and start playing up halfway in. Songs collapse and the singer grumbles as a man fiddles with their wires.

The charismatic Bagshaw rescues the situation by raising his tassled arms above his head, and Shelter Song becomes a stomping clapalong. Keep in the Dark, too, shows their ability to create danceable psychedelia with catchy tunes. It's hard to judge them on such a short, gremlin-packed showing, but hopefully they won't be facing the full glare of the spotlight too soon.

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