Lost Brothers find their niche

Critical praise for the duo’s second album So Long John Fante has won them new fans around the world,says Ed Power

OISÍN Leech doesn’t like sitting still. One half of dreamy folk duo the Lost Brothers, the Navan man has lived in Liverpool, Dublin, Nashville and Portland, Oregon. ‘Lived’ is probably an overstatement.

A fan of touring, he’s spent much of the last decade on the road, sharing the bill with groups as diverse as Arctic Monkeys, crooner Richard Hawley and Jack White’s Raconteurs. This morning, he enjoyed the novelty of waking up in his own bed.