Exit Calm:  The Rapture – Frontman Nicky Smith’s primal delivery, echoes of musical heroes such as Elbow, Doves, Unkle, early Verve and Spiritualized are undeniable, yet Exit Calms output is incomparably unique and in a class of its own. The Rapture, taken from their second album, is their finest work yet. Mind blowingly big.

Exit Calm play the This Feeling stage at Strawberry Fields Festival Sunday 10th August. The festival runs in Leicestershire Aug 8-10th and features Catfish and The Bottlemen, The Rifles, The Twang, Ocean Colour Scene, Goldie Lookin’ Chain, Dexters, Howard Marks and many more.