The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock

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The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock is music from Dublin, Ireland. Named after a poem about a haunted canal lock, the Spook plucks banjos and twangs guitars, he yelps and he drones and sings songs about doomed revolutionaries, brave partisans, corrupt politicians and constant struggle.

 Live the Spook plays solo with guitar, banjo and effects or swells to full band with bass, guitars, drums.

 The eponymous debut album see songs in the Irish folk tradition expanded into the realms of psych, prog and post rock, channelling amongst other things, the diverse yet kindred spirits of Lift to Experience, 16 Horsepower, Thin Lizzy and The Chieftains. The Spook began in 2006 by Allen Blighe following the demise of the Holy Ghost Fathers, a Dublin-based outfit who released two albums on their own Microclique imprint. Seeking an outlet to combine a passion for traditional Irish forms along with modern-day rootsier influences, Blighe has crafted a space-tinged Celtic folk rock sound that is hauntingly beautiful. Aided by The Spook band and the able production of multi-instrumentalist Enda Bates, the debut album shifts gears effortlessly, careening from folk ballads to drone atmospherics to full-on psychedelic rock. The band is completed by ex-Steerage members Donnchadh Hoey (guitar) and Brian O’Higgins(drums). The album’s strong allegorical overtones bring to the surface themes of bitterness, disillusionment, national identity and loss of faith - set against a richly imaginative histo

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The Brutal Here And Now

The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock

Lockout

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