Fulham-born Elliot Gleave is not your typical example of a British rap artist. He doesn’t have an East London accent, walk with a mock limp, kiss his teeth when talking or address others as “blad”.

Gleave, alias Example, walks without affectation, speaks standard English and creates decent tracks. It’s fair to say that Watch The Sun Come Up could be called his only hit so far, but it’s a proper tune and widely known, drawing Thursday night’s crowd.

Supporting Example were electro pop Londoners Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, who cracked out their hit Dance The Way I Feel to an already hyper and rowdy audience. Their energetic set made it refreshing to see them paint indie with an Eighties’ sound and still make it seem current and on trend.

At last Example made his appearance after tweeting about York the whole way through OELSP’s set. “Gutted if you wanted pictures of me with my nice hair, it’s all nice and flat now,” he said, before the first few drum beats were played from Me & Mandy and the room was filled with frenzied yells and fans singing along.

It was clear that York greatly appreciated Gleave’s work, with the crowd participating in all the songs with tuneless singing, which was only to be expected!

Aimee Taylor