Tame Impala @ Barrowland, Glasgow, 8 September

A sold-out Barrowland crowd will rarely disappoint, but the barrier-pushing, clamouring audience on Tuesday night is declared “best of the tour” by Tame Impala’s beaming front-man/mastermind Kevin Parker. A hackneyed term, but one delivered with apparently genuine and very breathless enthusiasm as Parker sprays his water-bottle over the sweating, shrieking front row. “I feel like I’m giving life,” he laughs, asking “are you all mad on Irn Bru?” before the band thunders into the floor-shuddering hooks of Elephant – Tame Impala’s award winning single from similarly decorated 2012 album Lonerism. Pints go flying. 

The night's set is thick with call-backs to Lonerism and debut album Innerspeaker, offering ample opportunity to prove that Tame Impala's July release, Currents, is very much at home within the band's catalogue. On record, new tracks like Let It Happen and The Moment depart from Parker's typically guitar-driven, bluesy psych-rock in favour of electronic finger snaps and exploratory synth, but, for better or worse, this difference evaporates on stage.

The cohesion makes for a charismatic, transportative set that's been well polished by a rigorous touring schedule, and newbies The Less I Know The Better and 'Cause I'm A Man both look and feel as though they'll be rivalling previous fan favourites for singalong value. An (inevitable) encore of Feels Like We Only Go Backwards sees Parker conducting the room with his arms held high, waving at fans perched on shoulders; full confirmation that Tame Impala's star is still on the rise.