After the success of her nostalgia flooded self-titled debut, the return of Ladyhawke and the promise of a new album couldn't come quick enough for some. With Anxiety set for release later this month, the album title now seems much more appropriate having witnessed Pip Brown and her band last night at The Liquid Rooms in Edinburgh.

Opening with white noise and feedback sounds, a humble Ladyhawke slid behind her fairy light decorated microphone, almost unnoticed. The same couldn't be said for her backing band who charged into the first track with thundering drums.

It became apparent quite quickly that this is probably not what the show should sound like, with an overall uncomfortable first song, that one can only assume is from her yet unrealised new album. Unrecognisable, with a faint "Na-na-na" vocal somewhere in the distance, the crowd seem as confused as the band, the applause more one of relief that the end of the first song had been reached safely.

Three songs later, announcing that her opening tracks were all from her new record, Pip Brown leads a band of boys, though her recognisable vocal is buried beneath layers of energetic guitar and drum grooves.

A brave move to begin a show on yet unreleased material, her sound seems to have evolved to be more surf-psychedelica based, rather than chorus driven, though again, this could be the particularly choppy soundwaves giving a misinterpretation .

Ironically Professional Suicide is the first track played from her debut album, though the crowd remain subdued, perhaps trying to translate the song before they can get full involved in the leaning synth fuzz. Dusk Till Dawn warms the crowd further, though the attitude of the track is lost in the setting.

There are some improvements in sound for new single Black White & Blue, before a surprising set highlight in Love Don't Live Here. The sweeping synths and cut of an offbeat hi-hat together create a euphoric sound, the distant vocal reminiscent of a 90's dance classic played as you lay washed up on a beach in Ibiza.

The same treatment doesn't work so well for new track Vanity, which has great potential and interesting vocal loops. Unfortunately in the unforgiving setting of this evening, the end result was what I can only imagine listening to Ladyhawke from within the spin cycle of a washing machine would sound.

A woman of few words, it's difficult to tell if the singer-songwriter is as uncomfortable as much of the crowd  in this show, but she appears to have continual in-ear monitor issues, so it's no wonder she can't relax into biggest hits.

Paris Is Burning and Back Of The Van have the venue dancing, but they are far from the blossoming sing-along pop hits that earned her a place in the charts.

The only Scottish date in Ladyhawke's tour tonight  can only be described as disappointing, tragically overshadowed by poor sound, rather than poor performance. Let's hope she comes back soon to prove she's better than Monday.