The biggest obstacle that a support band has to get over is apathy; sadly Clocks didn’t look like they cared enough to fight back.

Dancing their way through a seven-song set as the main support to The Departure, they looked every inch the newcomer. Despite this being their third tour they still look unsure of exactly where they’re going to fit in a music scene overflowing with talent.

That’s not to say the music isn’t something to be proud of, songs like Old Valve Radio jingle and jangle whilst pushing you to the edge of your toe tapping ability. Then the song ends and while you can get away with shuffling your feet from one side to the other during the song, it’s not quite as attractive when it has ended.

Clocks are in a difficult position though, they only have a handful of songs, let alone songs which are known, so playing to a room full of empty vessels can’t have been easy. Selling the product a bit might be a start though and Tom Hewitt’s (Lead Singer) total speech output of less than 50 words isn’t going to sell water to a well.

As a band Clocks write good pop songs based on good solid rifts, that isn’t really the issue here. Songs like Indigo, a powerful thumping anthem which stabs you at every crunching beat prove that they’re more than capable and that’s before we get to current single All I Can.

This is all about confidence and experience; technically Clocks aren’t anything new. This gives Tom masses of opportunity to grab the stage, the crowd and anything else he can find and make them listen, a skill that over time he can only get better at.