The Murlocs – Old Locomotive (E/E) – LP, AU 2019

Old Locomotive is an LP by The Murlocs from 2019 released on the Flightless label.

About this album

Old Locomotive is a raw, hook-heavy garage-blues statement from The Murlocs, sharpening their pub-rock grit into something punchier and more immediate. Released in 2017, the album blends rhythm and blues muscle with garage rock bite, giving frontman Ambrose Kenny-Smith’s sharp, weathered vocals a vividly untidy frame. Its songs move between swagger and unease, with a muscular band sound that keeps the melodies taut even when the mood turns bruised. Part of the wave of Australian groups reviving vintage rock forms without treating them like museum pieces, Old Locomotive helped cement The Murlocs as one of the scene’s most distinctive modern roots-rock bands.

Genre: Pop & Rock