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The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock expand to an 18-piece electric guitar orchestra on their third album “Lockout”.

We will release our third album "Lockout" on March 16th, 2018. The album will be available on vinyl, CD as well as on all digital and streaming formats.

The launch will be on the same day at 7:30pm at The Pepper Canister Church as part of the St. Patrick's Festival with a full orchestra performance of the album. Tickets are €13.50  and available here.

See more details about "Lockout" here

Pre-order details to follow soon. Check out the video for "The Hare and The Fraternity" taken from "Lockout - Movement III":

We are featured in the second episode of This Ain't No Disco, performing music from "Lockout", due out later this year – "The Trams Are Stopped"/"From A Window At Liberty Hall" and "The Batons" (excerpt):

Allen appeared on Dublin City FM's "Songs to Learn and Sing" programme this week, listen back here:

We will launch the 12” of our 1916 piece “The Bullet in the Brick” with a special performance in Whelan's on Thursday, December 1st. This will be a performance with electric guitar orchestra, featuring 18 musicians.

Recorded ahead of ‘Lockout’, our multi-movement work set for release in early 2017, "The Bullet in the Brick" explores various aspects of the Easter Rising such as the bombing of Dublin by the British gunship "The Helga", the murder of activist Francis Sheehy Skeffington and its attempted cover-up, and finally the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. 

Tickets are €10 including booking fee and are available online from the WAV Tickets (Lo-Call 1890 200 078) or Tickets.ie

The 12" is available to pre-order now and will be released on November 25th.

“The Bullet in The Brick” gets a 12” vinyl release this coming November 25th.

Featuring the same electric guitar orchestra used in “Lockout”, the band’s multi-movement work set for release in early 2017, “The Bullet in the Brick” explores various aspects of the Easter Rising such as the bombing of Dublin by the British gunship “The Helga”, the murder of activist Francis Sheehy Skeffington and its attempted cover-up, and finally the Proclamation of the Irish Republic.

The A-side of the 12” includes the full “Bullet in the Brick” suite while the B-side features a live recording of the first movement from "Lockout". A limited edition green vinyl edition is also available. 

Preorder is available here.

Following their successful appearance at the Clonakilty Guitar Festival earlier this month, the band will mark the release of the 12” with a performance in Dublin, details to be announced soon.

Side A: The Bullet in The Brick
A Destroyer on the Liffey / The Bullet in the Brick / A Proclamation

Side B: Lockout - Movement I
A Debt That Must Be Paid / A Fair Wage For A Fair Day’s Work / William Martin Murphy’s Midnight Mass