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THE MURLOCS
‘BITTERSWEET DEMONS’
out now!
Video stream
‘LIVE AT THE BRUNSWICK BALLROOM’
premiering this
SATURDAY, 10AM
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THE MURLOCS // Photo by Izzie Austin
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Beloved rock band The Murlocs have today released their fifth album Bittersweet Demons, out now through Flightless Records.
STREAM HERE
On Bittersweet Demons, The Murlocs share a collection of songs reflecting on the people who leave a profound imprint on their lives, the saviours and hell raisers and assorted other mystifying characters. The most personal and boldly confident work yet, the album sets that storytelling to 11 infectious tracks written mostly on piano, lending a greater emotional intensity to the band’s restless and radiant brand of garage-rock. What emerges is a beautifully complex body of work, one that shines a light on the fragilities of human nature while inducing the glorious head rush that accompanies any Murlocs outing.
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With their lineup including two members of the globally beloved King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (Kenny-Smith and bassist Cook Craig), The Murlocs recorded at Button Pushers Studio in Melbourne with producer Tim Dunn, dreaming up a prismatic sound that pinballs from sunshine-pop to blues-punk to wide-eyed psychedelia. Naming John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Harry Nilsson’s Lennon-produced Pussy Cats among their key reference points, the band adorned their songs with many unexpected details: woozy Wurlitzer melodies, Brian May-esque guitar harmonies, playful atmospheric elements like the whoosh of summer rain, caught by a microphone dragged into the street mid-storm. The result is an album both exuberant and heavy-hearted, a dynamic that wholly fulfills Kenny-Smith’s mission of “always aspiring to write songs that have a bit of twisted positivity to them.”
In addition to the album release, the band has announced a video release stream recorded live at the Brunswick Ballroom in Melbourne, featuring Folk Bitch Trio. The stream is set to premiere on June 26th at 10am AEST, and will be available for two weeks – all info & tickets HERE.
Check out ‘Bittersweet Demons’
Live From The Brunswick Ballroom.
Poster by Julian Hocking
Check out ‘Eating At You’
Live From The Brunswick Ballroom.
The Murlocs are: Matt Blach (drums, vocals), Cook Craig (bass guitar), Tim Karmouche (keyboards, guitar, vocals), Ambrose Kenny-Smith (vocals, harmonica, guitar) and Cal Shortal (guitar).
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Artwork by Julian Hocking
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