As Rafa’s shuts its doors for the last time, Glasgow’s West End is in need of a desperate pick-me-up. Enter Keo. This emerging indie rock band might only have five songs on Spotify, but they’ve already proven themselves to command enough interest to be upgraded from SWG3’s TV Studio to the larger Galvanisers just hours before doors open.

Despite the short notice, the venue is already beginning to fill when support act Bleech 9:3 take to the stage. The Irish rockers deliver a compelling warm-up, their heavy guitars and relentless energy quickly setting the tone for the night and earning more than a few screams from the crowd. These responses prompt the sensible — and noticeably older — music-goers in the room to pop in our earplugs straight away, a move that proves even wiser when Keo take to the stage in their edgy, grunge-inspired attire and the screaming intensifies.

With only a handful of released tracks, Keo successfully rises to the challenge of delivering an hour-long set, complete with an encore. While banter feels too far removed from the band’s brooding aesthetic, the young musicians still manage to pad out the evening with only a few moments that verge on filler. The band’s concise but strong discography has clearly already made an impression on their fans, who sing along with remarkable enthusiasm and accuracy. As the night finishes off with the band’s most popular track, ‘I Lied, Amber’, SWG3 erupts into a deafening chorus that more well-established bands would envy.

Still, while Keo has struck a chord with their young fans, the band’s biggest obstacle may lie in distinguishing themselves from the wave of similar indie acts currently dominating the scene. Vocalist Finn Keogh’s raw, powerful delivery makes it easy to understand the prevalent comparisons to popular British band Wunderhorse that continue to follow them — a sentiment echoed throughout the venue, not least by the noticeable number of Wunderhorse t-shirts in the crowd.

Keo’s dominance at SWG3 proves the band’s rising presence is set to be an interesting watch. As they continue to grow their sound and catalogue, it will be exciting to see how the band build on their existing foundations. With time to develop, it will be fascinating to see how these young musicians evolve and carve out their own identity. For now, they have shown themselves to be a band very much worth keeping an eye on.