Dananananaykroyd @ The Haunt, Brighton

At the end of September an unexpected announcement was made on Dananananaykroyd's twitter and website, informing us that after five years of hard rocking, this Glasgow sextet were drawing a line under the band after one last UK tour.

The upside to this was that it galvanised their fanbase to ensure that these final gigs were not a dour limp but instead a celebration of all that Dananananaykroyd were and are.

Therefore it seemed only natural that tonight’s gig, which falls halfway through the tour, should have a setlist which span the bands recorded legacy; ranging from the early Sissy Hits EP and debut album Hey Everyone! through to this year’s underrated There is a Way.

After casually strolling on stage they steamroll through an energy-packed set, full of their math-touched post-hardcore caressing pop songs such as 'Pink Sabbath', 'E Numbers' and 'Muscle Memory'. The between song pauses are being peppered with either a recorded sample of twittering birds, or amusing stage banter from dual singers Calum Gunn and John Baillie Junior.

Besides being rich musically, tonight's set also demonstrates Dananananaykroyd's infamous live hallmarks and crowd interaction: 'Black Wax' sees the audience encouraged to clap the easily recognisable intro, while elsewhere the crowd is lead into a mass sit down and jack in a box style jump up. Later, the audience is separated in two for the mass show of affection known as the Wall of Cuddles.

Tonight's encore sees the band break out into a brief heavy riff segment of ‘Enter Sandman’ before signing off with a roaring rendition of early song ‘Some Dresses’.

Dananananakroyd will be remembered for injecting some fun into a scene that is sometimes guilty of taking itself far too seriously: in essence they're the antithesis of miserable faced trilby-wearing indie bands, and although they may not have etched themselves into the mass population's consciousness, to a core of people this band connected like no other. They will be sorely missed.