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Post punk outfit Dry Cleaning need to turn up the volume
Whelan’s crowd are left struggling to hear frontwoman Florence Shaw’s droll assertions
Dry Cleaning, Whelan’s, Dublin, April 10, rating: **
Dry Cleaning are about three songs into their set when angry fans start complaining about the sound. “We can’t hear a word she’s saying,” shouts one. “There’s definitely something wrong,” utters another in exasperation. The sound man shrugs his shoulders. “This is how they sound,” he says.
There’s a bit of truth to that. But tonight, at the second of the post-punk outfit’s two sold-out shows in ...
