Twisted shapes and colours flicker erratically on the back wall of the stage, as Screen Kids prepare for their set.  If these backdrop projections are anything to go by, it’s going to be a remarkable gig...

A band characterised by hauntingly beautiful vocals set against warped synth, darkly evocative guitar riffs and potent saxophone solos, the progressive music of Screen Kids has the power to stir the open minded listener into an emotional frenzy.

After a brief introduction from the charmingly awkward lead singer, Francisco Lewis, they plunge into the first song, Aquatic. The hushed room floods with drawn out waves of distorted guitar, which surges into an ecstatic riff from lead guitarist Edgar Hemery.

Lewis’  vocals soar above, pulsing with emotion, as the melody rises and falls with stately chord progressions, shifting from dense walls of noise to minimalistic guitar finger picking.

As the song climaxes, the band’s startlingly poetic lyrics are laid bare, with Lewis’ echoing cry of “the noise it will divide us”, repeated over and over, to rolling crescendos.

Though thin in tone, Lewis’ voice is delightfully ethereal. This is a singer who maximises his vocals to its full potential, whether uttering lyrical rhyme or blending into the band’s richly textured wall of sound as an instrument in its own right.

T3 opens with Hemery’s moody French vocals, crooned over full bodied, choppy chord progressions. Seductive guitar riffs and a shrill, almost hysterical, sax solo build into warped patterns hammered out playfully on the synthesiser.

Though demonstrating an innovative use of instruments and style, Hemery’s voice is clouded by reverb, while the distortion at times was over the top, leaving the listener bewildered.

The eerie minimalistic A Pendulum, permeated by changes of key, rhythm and style, stands in direct opposition to the downright poppy quality of the cheerful Celebration, a youthful tune featuring Spanish rap and bouncing melodies.

Throughout the show, the frenzied percussion drives the group; indeed, it is the faultless rhythm of both drummer and bassist that really holds the experimental aspects together.

If there is one thing that marks this band, it is their bold transcendence of musical boundaries. Boasting the psychedelic, pedal distortion of 90s shoegaze, the dense riffs of Nirvana, the angst of Joy Division and the eclecticism of Animal Collective, Screen Kids embrace multiple genres in a show of unbridled creativity.

Though at times their daring efforts don’t quite come together on stage, their vitality and variety labels them a true example of our generation’s fresh talent.