Ends Of The Earth kicks things off, starting gently before breaking out with some yodelling for good measure, as drummer Mark Barry sits tethered in place by the washboard around his neck. The main act enters, led by Ben Schneider in a white hat, an impassioned leader who acts as the fulcrum around which this kinetic quintet moves. The buzz is palpable after this opener, and the crowd truly warmed up for the headliners.Ī thunderous drone swells as the room darkens, an evocation of a dustbowl landscape, and the crowd whoop in anticipation. Linnie seems to be enjoying it, more so as the set progresses, and there is no doubt that the crowd certainly are. Then, as happens later on The Fire I’m Kindling, the latter stages of the song take on a more forceful, stamping rhythm. Unearthly Light is new, though, delicately teased out from his guitar, while The Writing In The Sky is somewhat more upbeat, as Linnie’s fretwork gives the song a gentle forward momentum.
At once, his folksy, impressive guitar picking quells the crowd chatter as he plays a selection from his ‘Astray’ album. This is his second Whelan’s gig of the weekend, having played the upstairs venue the night previous. There’s something in the air, though, and we credit the gradual good-humoured rambunctiousness that takes over the crowd during this night in no small part to Conor Linnie. The Whelan’s pre-show crowd is in the usual form, chattering and milling around in the main room as the sound checkers ‘one-two’ and the room gradually gains in capacity. There are certainly no signs as we queue outside Whelan’s on Sunday night that this would be anything other than a nice, relaxed weekend wind-down in the company of LA quintet Lord Huron. Lord Huron at Whelan’s, Dublin on Sunday August 18th 2013
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