Over a decade after it emerged, the post-rock formula of 'quiet-build-explosion' has backed itself into something of a musical cul-de-sac. Leeds based duo worriedaboutsatan have, however, made a convincing argument for combining it with a laptop and synth.

The outfit's core elements remain rooted in the genre, taking the shrill climaxes of Godspeed! You Black Emperor and the bow scraped over guitar strings of Sigur Rós. It's an elemental sound that evokes images of the natural world and this is a connection they're keen to accentuate through their flickering projections of birds on a wire.

It's the electronica elements, however, that distinguish the band from such reference points and which lend the genre new life. The organic instruments being played on stage are just one layer in their sound, and running parallel to these are ambient, minimalist drones.

On occasion taped indecipherable vocals also bleed into the mix, a factor that helps to both humanise and deepen the sound's darkness.

These jittery electronics reveal that Autechre is just as much of an influence as Mogwai, the programming being a fundamental part of the sound and not just tagged on as an idle nod towards modernism. The result is the production of soundscapes rather than songs, the movements possessing a passion and anger that confounds the expectations of those who think of synth music as being sterile.

In making the natural connection between post-rock and electronic ambience, worriedaboutsatan have broken out of the former genre's dead-end and signposted its future direction.