Hanni El Khatib’s debut Brighton set started with a few problems.

A snare drum skin was punctured, replaced, then - after bravely opening with his most well known song from his last album (the title track, Moonlight) - the aggro stakes were raised higher after banter from the audience resulted in foul-mouthed counterabuse from the singer, which was perhaps even misdirected.

Still, it acted as a catalyst, with the remainder of the hour-long set delivered with a punch that might well have been absent from the rest of the tour.

So, there were Cramps covers (Human Fly), sonic similarities to The Black Keys (whose own Dan Auerbach produced second album, Head In The Dirt), and a generally ramped up atmosphere that permeated throughout.

You Rascal You might have been the most angry moment, with its ‘screw you’ chorus, but the highlight was a closer which found the frontman jumping into the crowd with his guitar, delivering an irresistible disco tinge that didn’t appear anywhere else in the set.

While his cantankerousness might have been mildly pantomime, staged even, Hanni El Khatib’s music packed enough of a punch to prove memorable.