Saturday 4th October, 2025: Rattling and jangling guitar hooks, surprising couplets and similes, wit, charm and bathos – The Wave Pictures represent the best of British indie music. Dave Tattersall’s mastery of guitar styles from rockabilly through blues and country drove us through a varied set, wowing local initiates and delighting long-term fans who had travelled in from a wide radius. He shared vocal leads with Johnny Helm, whose ballads were both poignant and funny. It’s a smaller venue than they are used to, but the warmth of welcome cheered the band and the encores were well-earned and brilliantly delivered.