Peace, Live

The last time I saw Peace at their own headline show it was Christmas 2013, things have changed. In just over a year their live shows and stage presence has improved massively. At that, admittedly fun, Xmas show the band merely played their songs with hesitance and little gusto. At The Haunt in Brighton on their final night of the J'adore Tour, they were the very definition of 'gusto'.

Peace began their set in a no nonsense fashion with Follow Baby, in which the teenage crowd rippled and punched their way to try and get as close as humanly possible.The Haunt is another beautifully cramped space that Britain is blessed with for live music. No barrier, just a stage. My knees learnt this the hard way as ,by some divine intervention, I landed centimetres away from Harrison Koisser. Hardly for a minute did the crowd, or Peace slow down the pace.

The blessing of watching at the end of the promo tour for a new album is that the the new gear settled with the old stuff perfectly. Although small in numbers- Perfect Skin, Money, Lost On Me, Gen Strange all made an appearance from new album Happy People. New song Someday impressed as it slowed down the pace and Gender Equality battle anthem I'm A Girl formed circle pits and jubilant crowd surfers.

The last night of a nationwide sell out tour could have been a victory lap for Peace, but as they seamlessly howl through fan favourites 1998 or joyously drag punters up to sing closing song World Pleasures you can't help but think that this isn't victory- this is just the start.