Tyler McLoughlan, Journalist

It’s not a complete loss, but Secondhand Rapture promised so much more.

"The last round of touring was just the best round of touring I’ve ever done. In terms of the band I had I just felt like we were totally killing it; I just felt like we’d really hit our stride."

"When we got picked up by Nova we were jumping around the room screaming – everyone was really excited. And to be having overseas success as well is really, really exciting."

"So I had a lot of feelings; I needed to get them out. I was actually thinking of calling the album So Many Feelings, but I thought that that would just be funny to my friends and everyone else would think I was a dick."

With production from Sam Ford (Pond), Abbe May has turned out a thought-provoking and hugely provocative album. The ballsy, I’ll-do-what-I-want approach suits her.

"We finished the mastering of the record for vinyl and CD and mp3 in January or February this year. It took ten times to master the album. It cost a lot of fuckin’ money."

Pete Kilroy reveals his man-crushes from the world of irreverent pop

"I think the record hopefully won’t turn people off but there will be some more serious stuff – there’s two ballads in there."

Freedom makes for a fitting finale as Emma Louise asks an obliging audience to provide lighting duties with their phones while she sings of weekend pleasures and caps off a truly enchanting evening.

There are certainly moments where the acoustic/synth/sporadic guitar riff combo gel well with Keith’s steady vocal, though on a whole When It Was Now just feels quite plain.

Nightswim, however, will grow with time, as no doubt Addamo will.

"Putting on a tour, it’s the biggest capital gamble you can do; it’s all about bums on seats and selling tickets – it’s pretty hard work, so to get someone to underwrite the tour, it’s a blessing really."