I don’t know, I think if they were to play bowed bass, fiddle and grumbly guitar songs for a whole set you’d have a dirge. Not that they do this, obviously, but their sound definitely needs the plucked bass to appear from time to time, just to bring a more explicit beat, and I think the ukulele makes a big difference just because the sounds are in the upper register. It fills it out a bit, although it’s far from needed in every song.

Without the little bits of uke and even that electro-scratching on Motherfucker the only thing that would fill out those upper registers would be Clarissa’s voice, which would leave her with a lot of work to do.

So whilst I love the deeper slower songs, they definitely need the presence of the lighter ones just to give the audience – be it for the gigs or the records – some surprises, and some sort of emotional ambiguity. So yes, I agree, the songwriting is crucial, because this set had a lot more variety of pace to it than previous sets I have seen and I think that is a very good thing. Some of the new songs are brilliant – some of their best stuff.