A live album after just one studio album might seem like a bit of a cash-in so early on in Kasabian's career, but this download-only release will still appeal to their growing legions of fans.

It was recorded on the 16th December last year at Brixton Academy on the final gig of a momentous 2004, so there's a real triumphant feeling about it that comes across well.

Their self-titled debut album has already gone platinum here and has sold over 150,000 copies in America since being released in March, helped along by appearances on chatshows like Letterman as well as having songs in the likes of Desperate Housewives and The O.C.

They're now in the midst of festival frenzy, having played at Glastonbury and with Reading/Leeds still to come later this summer, so it is a good time to showcase their live skills with this album, as well as showing off their hipness by making it a digital release only.

As anyone who has seen them at their gigs can testify, these Leicester boys are probably the closest to a classic Madchester band that any non-Manc has ever been, with anthemic indie-dance-rock tunes like L.S.F. and Club Foot already familiar to millions, and both obviously feature here.

Processed Beats is another classic in the making as you can tell by the reaction to it, with this album doing a good job of getting the crowd levels right to really capture the flavour of a Kasabian show. It's also remarkably unsloppy, particularly considering how many gigs they'd played in the 12 months before it.

You can certainly argue about whether Kasabian should be releasing a live album at this stage in their career, but you can't argue that they've at least released a damn fine one...