The Spook of The Thirteenth Lock are back with the follow up to their self titled debut which will be called ‘The Brutal Here and Now‘ which is coming out on April 13th 2012. The album will be launched with a launch gig in Whelans on the same day followed by a national tour.
The album aims to expand on their Irish folk rock, one of which aspects see’s songs written in English, Irish and Italian. The tour kicks off in Triskel Arts Centre in Cork before the album launch day in Whelans on Friday 13th.
They then will roll through Thomastown, Slane, Ennis, Kinsale, Roisin Dubh, Tullamore, Belfast and finally the Vantastival festival. Full tour dates below.
Tour dates
Thursday April 12th The Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
Friday April 13th Whelans, Wexford Street
Saturday April 14th The Bridgebrook Arms, Thomastown
Thursday April 19th, Boyles, Slane
Saturday April 21st Brandon’s, Ennis
Sunday April 22nd Kinsale (venue TBC)
Thursday April 26th The Roisin Dubh
Friday April 27th Joe Lee’s Tullamore
Thursday May 3rd The Menagerie, Belfast
Sunday May 6th Vantastival festival
Tracklist
1. The Tarantella
2. Suffer the Wait
3. Heave the Bellows
4. Sweeney’s Frenzy
5. Black Diaries
6. Bóthar Crua Iarthar
7. Ríleanna na hIfrinn
8. Mearchuimhneas
9. The Brutal Here and Now (Part I)
10. The Brutal Here and Now (Part II)
11. Shudder in the West
12. The Rattling Hell