THERE may have been technical difficulties getting the sound system working at Mystery Jets’ performance in Marlborough last night, but it was worth the wait.

Fans who spilled into Azuza were not fazed by the 30 minute delay and enjoyed the band members frolicking by the stage with wine and beer in hand as they waited to perform, with cheeky bassist Jack Flanagan, a former Wiltshire College, Salisbury student, keeping the crowd entertained.

The group is touring independent record stores, including Marlborough’s Sound Knowledge, to promote their new album Curve of the Earth, which they spent two years independently producing at a disused button factory in London.

They came straight from performing in Bristol to Marlborough and played songs from Curve of the Earth, including current single Telomere, Bubblegum and The End Up plus some of the older songs Someone Purer and Young Love. In tribute to the late David Bowie they also sung Five Years.

Bassist Jack, 23, the band's newest recruit having joined in 2013, told the Gazette: “I thought tonight’s performance was very amazing.

“We had some sound difficulties but I feel that made it even better, when the sound goes a bit weird it means you put more emotion into it. The crowd were lovely.

“We are immensely proud of the album. It took so long to make, so now it’s done we are insanely proud of it and happy it is out there.

“We’ve got another week more of touring in stores and then a UK tour in February and more gigs really, it’s just about getting the record to as many people as possible.”

After performing the band, who are based on Eel Pie Island in London, went to Sound Knowledge to sign albums.

First in the queue to meet the four band members; Jack, guitarist William Rees, lead vocalist and keyboard player Blaine Harrison and drummer Kapil Trivedi was 62-year-old Keith Gray, who had been listening to the new album on his way to Marlborough from his home in Newbury.

He said: “The new album is a big step up from their previous ones and I really like the track Taken by the Tide.

“I thought they were good considering they didn’t get a long time to set up and they sorted the sound problems quite quickly."