The duo Sweeping Promises have a familiar post-punk sound: it’s chunky guitar riffs, melodic bass and urgent vocals at every turn. Lira Mondal’s vocals, when heard in isolation, really do feel like they could have been recorded in 1978 for a John Peel session at Maida Vale. She yelps out anti-love songs with a lot of heart in driving, anthemic tracks like ‘Cocoon’, but the overarching sense is that it’s rendered far too polite.

The best bands of the post-punk era, such as Girls At Our Best and The Raincoats, sounded more furious and a little chaotic, always on the brink of collapse. The riff to ‘Shooting Shadows’ is reminiscent of The Fall’s cover of The Kinks’ classic ‘Victoria’. But these all just feel a bit too Spotify and radio- friendly. ‘Accent’ is probably the best track here, it has real spiky attitude, plus a killer bassline, and points to how much ballast they could have in the future if they ramp it up.

That’s not to say that the other songs aren’t good. They have an urgency and drive. Thematically too, they’re interesting, focusing on how contemporary society treats individuals who slip through the cracks.

All of this they do really well and there’s no faulting the song-writing or musicianship, but the production is too crisp. I’d like to hear a little more grit in the pearl. Crank it all up and distort it.