Cry Before Dawn: New awakening as veteran Wexford band hit the road again
Cry Before Dawn have just released a new EP.
The biggest song in Ireland in the summer of 1987 was a Springsteen-esque anthem belted out by a former champion tin whistle player, which had one of its first public airings in a Wexford town furniture store. The tune was by Cry Before Dawn, who, for a few surreal months 38 years ago, looked like they might be as big as U2.
“U2 attracted a lot of interest. And then those record companies focused on Ireland. We had all the biggest record companies in the world coming down to see us in a furniture store. That’s where we used to rehearse. Dominic Kiernan’s furniture store” recalls singer Brendan Wade, who today lives in Switzerland. “I don’t know what they thought when they came down to see us. CBS UK eventually offered us a very big deal.”
