After a seven-year intermission, My Bloody Valentine returned to the stage Wednesday night at a not-so-secret Dublin concert, since anyone could guess the identity of a band calling itself Isn’t Anything. The band is set to perform under its own name on Saturday at the Fair City’s 3Arena. It will be the group’s first time headlining a gig in its hometown under its own name since 1992.

On Wednesday, the band stuck to its noisy comfort zone, playing a set list that drew heavily from its three full-lengths, Isn’t Anything (1988), Loveless (1991), and m b v (2013). Fans hopeful for new material left unrewarded. The one surprise was a performance of “Off Your Face,” the doleful deep cut that closes the group’s 1990 EP Glider that the band supposedly had never previously played live.

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