Art Brut are truly a unique band. Their music initially displays the outward song structures and energetic pace of punk rock, yet on closer listen you hear more sophisticated guitar melodies being played behind choruses and outros. Combine that with the clever wit and literary styling's of their lyricist/vocalist and its clear that the 'punk' category is far too limiting.

Moving back to the current album, the band zipped through a peppy version of "Summer Job," and then presented two sides of erotic encounters with 2005's "Rusted Guns of Milan" followed by this year's "What A Rush". While 'Rusted Guns' deals with that rarely spoken about topic of when you just can't perform despite all efforts, 'What a Rush' gleefully displays the flip side of that coin, with a particularly catchy refrain sung by Jasper and Ian that goes 'Parents, please - lock up your daughters! His rebellious henchman is giving the orders'. Which Eddie follows up with 'You like the Beatles and I like the Stones, but those are just records our parents owned, I can't believe those things I said, blame it on a rush of love to the head!'

Then the audience was brought back to a sweeter and more innocent time, the early teenage years and one of the band's very first singles, all about Eddie's first girlfriend "Emily Kane." Eddie has been singing this song since 2005, but like so many of his others, he updates the lyrics based on current events. Here he tells us that Emily (who is definitely real) heard the song and got in touch. They're just friends now as each has a serious significant other. How cool that must be to have heard a song written about you. Or as Eddie said on this night 'how amazing is that!'

The band then played what might be considered the centerpiece (and the positional center point) of the set, "Demons Out!" This song contains the line where the album title comes from. "If we can't change the world, lets at least get the charts right," Eddie implores. "How can you sleep at night," he asks, "when no one likes the music *we* like," complete with glorious descending "Ahhhhhhhh's" from Jasper and Ian. Lyrically, the song is a scathing expose how so often the truly creative and unique artists get overlooked, while mass produced lowest-common-denominator clones are pushed up the charts. However, there is a glimmer of hope as Eddie assures us "don't worry, we can take them, this is Art Brut vs Satan." Once again, lead guitarist Ian Catskilkin provides solid musical underpinnings with his sinewy riffs behind the latter verses.