Close to exhaustion, The Amazons played a show like it was their last – tearing up the Moth Club ahead of a huge homecoming.

Sea Girls returned to the sweaty room of Leicester’s O2 Academy2 for an intimate warm-up show; slicker and maturer than ever.

A defiant headline set to an audience more akin to a devilish choir, willing to lend their anger, vocals and spirit at every given opportunity. What culminated was a room full of energy we’d never seen before.