Acclaimed duo The Lost Brothers, Oisin Leech and Mark McCausland, have announced details of their sixth album entitled “After The Fire After The Rain” due for release on 7th February 2020 which has been co-produced by Bob Dylan cohort Tony Garnier and Daniel Schlett. To celebrate the occasion, the band have unveiled a new song titled Fugitive Moon to coincide with October’s Full Moon which also features M Ward on guitar.
Speaking of the new song Oisín states “for years we’ve always looked across the ocean to American roots folk and blues for inspiration. On this album and this new song ‘Fugitive Moon’ we turned homewards and gave a nod to the places that our special to us- I’m fortunate that the river Boyne runs very close to where I live in Meath. More than any other album” continues Oisín “these songs are inspired by where we grew up, our native land, with all its rain, dreams and storms.”
“When you are out on the road for a long spell” adds Mark “it’s the mundane things you end up longing for from back home. You miss the rain. And when you return, all of a sudden, all those things you took for granted are suddenly magical.” Fugitive Moon is a nod to this magic.
The new album was co-produced at Strange Weather Studios Brooklyn by Tony Garnier (Bob Dylan’s longtime bassist of the last 30 years). Garnier has played on many classic albums down the years including Dylan’s “Time Out Of Mind” and Tom Waits’ “Rain Dogs.” On the new track “Fugitive Moon” Garnier plays an upright double bass once owned by jazz luminary Charles Mingus. “It was a lot of fun having Tony with us in the studio working on these songs” remembers Oisin “he and the co-producer Daniel Schlett make a really great team.” The atmosphere of fun and camaraderie in the studio and of simply friends making music was one shared by the others including Garnier “It was a joy to work on these songs and to be around these guys …it’s a spectacular record”.
Daniel Schlett who has recently worked with the likes of Steve Gunn and The War On Drugs, engineered the album. The new album also includes contributions from an all-star cast including Howe Gelb, Steve Wickham, Jolie Holland and M Ward who plays electric guitar on the Fugitive Moon track above.
The Lost Brothers Live dates
March 3rd – London, The Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room
March 21st – Dublin, Vicar St.
Full tour dates will be announced soon.