Hinds / Oscar / Kill Surrrf @ Broadcast, 21 May

Taking point on tonight’s well-rounded bill, Glasgow four-piece Kill Surrrf conjure a balmy heatwave through the power of unruffled songwriting and soupy reverb alone. Surf-pop melodies battle valiantly through echo chamber distortion, demonstrating an assured aesthetic that’s got one foot in the fifties and another a few steps into the future.

There’s further time slippage during Oscar, whose polished sound harks back to Britpop’s heyday. Frontman Oscar Scheller is blessed with a robust baritone and uses it well, its richness helping to moor his romantically inclined indie-pop whenever it risks becoming too lightweight. An unwavering and unashamed catchiness (replete with whistled melodies, no less) also helps keep things sweet.

It’s not easy to introduce a sour note to a Hinds performance, given the Madrid band’s infectious onstage energy and abundant charm. Still, one eejit gives it a go with some sexist heckling, triggering a chorus of contempt from the rest of tonight’s self-policing, zero-tolerance crowd. None of which, we might add, fazes the artists formerly known as Deers one bit: Carlotta Cosials delivers a heartfelt appeal to have fun, and the room duly obliges. Though they’ve yet to release an album, most of tonight’s set triggers a whoop of recognition and gratitude from at least one pocket of the crowd, with Trippy Gums’ seesawing tempo met with particular enthusiasm. Also scoring high are the laidback, interweaving vocals of Castigadas en el Granero, and the shouty interplay of San Diego, but it’s their cover of Thee Headcoats’ Davy Crockett that seals the deal, its barely bridled exuberance tipping the night over into full-blown triumph. [Chris Buckle]