The King Blues are a band of ethics. A band that stands up for what they believe in. A band that attempts to make a difference by being different. And this is why the London boys should be getting far more coverage than they are currently receiving.

Headlining Barfly’s Friday at the Camden Crawl, they displayed all the characteristics of a band that can bring people together. They set their stall out early on – sound checking their equipment themselves, mingling with fans in the front row and fiddling about with instruments prior to the set had started – all signs of a band with their feet on the ground, not too good to muck in and do the necessary.

Not that some of their songs would suggest this: ‘The Schemers, Scoundrels and Rats’ - an ode to doing nothing – is launched into after singer Itch proclaims ‘this song is for anyone that doesn’t have work on Monday’. Anthems such as ‘Lets Hang the Landlord’ and current single ‘I Got Love’ breed a healthy camaraderie amongst the full-to-the-brim venue.

Itch then leads the audience through a lengthy rant on the importance of the band’s chosen genre when the pint-sized MC crows the epic ‘What if Punk Never Happened?’, claiming that without the vital impact of The Ramones, Crass and other such bands we would all still be hippies. Whether or not this is true is not important, the band’s passion for change shines through and gives them a hell of an edge over the ordinary indie noise made by many of the bands in the festival’s line-up.

After one or two crowdsurfs that vary in success, Itch orders the crowd to make a gangway down the middle, then conducts the chants from the left and the right on final song ‘Taking Over’, another emotion-high belter that should have by now ensured The King Blues’ status as the closest thing this generation has to The Clash