While about a third of attendees are already desperate to get home and into a presentable enough state to resume taking selfies and acquiring cheeky nandos, Idlewild's crowd is made up of hardened veterans.
It's been 17 years since the band's first appearance at T, since then they've released several acclaimed albums, and subsequently returned from hiatus.
It's reassuring that they remain a tight live outfit and with such a deep and familiar back catalogue, they are in many ways the perfect festival band.
It's a back catalogue they utilise well here. They turn back the clock 17 years to their early releases and give an airing to A Film for the Future which goes down especially well among the tired, wellie wearing audience.
Despite the renditions of other hits like American English, the crowd, though appreciative, have been worn down by three days of revelry in the rain, something singer Roddy Woomble seems aware of.
He invites fans to attend their upcoming November tour with the promise:
"You'll get a full set and won't have to stand in the mud!"
Which by now is a tempting prospect.
Still, a double barrel finale of Modern Way of Letting Go and In Remote Part/Scottish Fiction brings a close to a fine afternoon's work at the Radio 1/NME stage for these festival favourites.
David O'Connor
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