“It’s a great line-up and the site is very pretty – it seems lovely,” added Odell, whose grandfather supported Ipswich Town.
“[Like Latitude], my career has built up slowly – last year we played arenas and it took 13 years to get there, and I wouldn’t have wanted to do them when I was younger.
“And the same goes for tonight at Latitude. When you start out, you play earlier in the afternoon and that’s nice because you can go drink beer for the rest of the day.
“But, as you get a bit more accomplished and you have more songs and more albums and a few people know you, it feels more comfortable playing in the evenings.”
Before taking to the stage with his “amazing band”, just before headliner Teddy Swims, Odell took time to explore the festival and catch some other acts.
He said having a chance to get a feel for what the festival was about before his performance, which included a brass band, was “really important”.
“I try to get there and soak up some of the energy, and each festival is so radically different and the people in the audience want something different of us,” he said.