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Call me Ishmael - Gurr live in Whelans, Dublin – Saturday 7th April 2018

I have a confession to make: I am not convinced at all by Shame. I understand the attraction and what they are trying to do but it just doesn’t connect with. So I had no intention of going to see them play in Whelans last night until I found out Gurr were supporting them. I have loved their trashy take on indie-pop since I first heard Walnuss back in 2016.

So I was there, almost front & centre when Andrea & Laura hit the stage and tore straight into self-same Walnuss. As well as both playing guitar that ladies shared vocals, while their bassist and drummer kept things tight. I tried to sing along but my German is worse than my ability to carry a tune. They were excited about their first Dublin show although they explained that had played in Bundoran last year at the Sea Sessions festival.

They kept the tempo and energy up with the screams of Computer Love, the dynamic shifts of Diamonds and a new song that was written on the set list as Sorry Inc. Laura ended up playing part of Don’t Go To School on her knees and Laura managed to know down the microphone during Free. The ladies were smiles throughout, clearly enjoying every moment. This readily transferred to the growing, appreciative crowd.

They did a short interpretation of Gwen Stefani’s Hollerback Girl as intro before going bananas on Rollerskate. After another new songs which was on the set list as Middleton the played another ones of my favourites #1985 which is all about underage drinking and fucking around. Even though I grabbed a copy of the setlist from the stage at the end I have no idea what the penultimate song was called, although Laura did introduce it as “Another German Song”, even though we probably wouldn’t notice!

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