Imagine if you will that Quincy Jones, Marcus Miller and every member of Snarky Puppy slapped Mac DeMarco round the chops and told him to put some effort into it. The result of such an intervention would be Cousin Kula.

On the eve of the release of their second album, Charly Bliss played a giddy and joyous set in Manchester’s Night People, making the small venue their own.