The Lost Brothers – Oisin Leech and Mark McCausland – have recorded a Christmas mini-album which includes the songs Seven Days Before Christmas and Keep Christmas In The Heart.
The recordings were produced by Steve Shannon and feature special guests Paul Brainard, who has worked with Eels among other bands, and former Waterboys’ player, Steve Wickham.
The Irish duo put this Christmas release together in memory of the late Pogues manager Frank Murray who died in December 2016. Frank managed The Lost Brothers, The Pogues and Thin Lizzy amongst many others and was a legendary figure in the music industry.
“Frank was always telling us to record a Christmas album and we finally did” says Oisin.
“It was fun recording in Crumlin around the corner from where Phil Lynott was actually born. Frank and Phil grew up together just off the street where the studio is and they toured side by side with Thin Lizzy for years. All this was in the back of our minds as we recorded.”
The Christmas recording session took place in November.
The video for Keep Christmas In The Heart was created by Gavin Wood. “It’s an attempt to try capture the beautiful weirdness of Christmas and the fun but ridiculous side of the season“ says video maker Gavin.
”Frank Murray, for whom the song is a tribute, loved humour and classic comedy so we tried to go down that road in his honour.”
The Lost Brothers will release their sixth full studio album After The Fire After The Rain on February 7th and will be doing a theatre tour.
They will also be doing two winter concerts at The Solstice Arts Centre, Navan Co Meath Friday December 13th and Saturday December 14th.
