Old codgers they may be, but Squeeze can still wring a few drops of power and passion from their considerable back catalogue. It helps a lot that the Deptford Cowboys are still on active duty, and not merely reliving their past glories on an endless 1980s revival tour.

Taking the stage in front of a fully-seated audience at Vicar St, Squeeze launched into latter-day material like Annie Get Your Gun, Play On and Walk-away, saving old stuff like Up The Junction until everyone was well and truly settled. Guitarist/singer Glen Tilbrook showed his Elvis Costello-type pedigree with some sharp vocal prowess and tightly-wound Telecaster technique, while his partner Chris Difford swung low with the booming bass vocals of Cool For Cats. Meanwhile, keyboard player Chris Holland amply replaced his big brother, Jools, as the band's syncopated ivory-tinkler, delivering Let The Good Times Roll like a swinging soul survivor.

With a new album to promote, Squeeze were careful to keep feeding us new songs while keeping us satisfied with old favourites, but sometimes it felt like Tilbrook was trying too hard to impress, eager to prove that his youthful vigour still survived in the song-writing.