In Photos: Cults + We Are Losers @ The Grand Social, Dublin (20.11.11)

They're the band whose name requires very careful pronunciation, and once-mysterious New Yorkers Cults brought their 2011 European touring to a close recently with a sold-out show at The Grand Social. The band's retro-tinged debut LP emerged over the summer, and in truth its sunny melodies and high-spirited pop choruses have little in common with Dublin's north quays on a cold November evening. Not that this seemed to have deterred many of the band's Irish fans, mind.

Alongside the now-ubiquitous 'Go Outside', Madeline Follin, Brian Oblivion and co. also ran through album highlights including 'Abducted' and 'You Know What I Mean'. Getting the evening underway were local noise pop misfits We Are Losers, who've just been shortlisted in the 'Breakthrough Act' category of this year's Irish Times Ticket Awards (alongside Cults, funnily enough!). Hopefully we can expect to hear a debut album from them some time in the new year.

You can check out Sasha Bond's photos of both bands in action below.