Concert: Prison Love

Prison Love are a local Dublin band who play what might be termed old-timey music. They dress in the kind of overalls that prisoners wear, and have names like “Hurricane Barry” emblazoned on their front. They play many concerts for left wing campaigning groups, meaning that a surprising number of people are aware of their existence. Thus when Irene and I sauntered down to Whelans expecting the place to be half empty, it was in fact rammed. The cheap admission price might have helped too, and the place was perhaps too full of people who wanted to drink and talk and have fun rather than reverentially appreciated the band’s Cajun and bluegrass tinged sounds, but this is essentially good time music so that did not create too much of a problem.

Prison Love are an entertaining band, and it’s nice to see them becoming a significant live draw. Because I can’t remember things for shit I cannot tell you much more about this, as I took no notes, but I did enjoy their cover of ‘Ace of Spades’ and it was nice when support band Choral Sex (weird gothic choral group) joined them for an encore, playing a well known song.

If you are thinking of checking out Prison Love's website, make sure you don't go to prisonlove.com by mistake.