Old Mervs take us to Kingswood country with their debut long-player
Jeff Jenkins
STACK Writer
Western Australia’s Old Mervs release a ripping debut with their self-titled new album.
This story starts in Kojonup, 250km south-east of Perth, a town noted for wool and wheat. David House meets Henry Carrington-Jones at primary school. Initially, their relationship is based around motorbikes and footy. But in their teens, they discover music.
They start a two-piece band, with Dave on guitar and vocals, and Henry on drums and backing vocals. “I saw [fellow two-piece] Hockey Dad live and realised we could do it,” Henry says.
Old Mervs are yet to be featured in the “notable residents” section of Kojonup’s Wiki page, which includes a couple of football legends, Stephen Michael and Peter Bell.
But it’s only a matter of time.
And Old Mervs are looking forward to their triumphant return to town. They have played a few 21sts at local shearing sheds, but are yet to do a gig at the Kojonup pub. “It’s definitely on the list,” Henry smiles.
Old Mervs have done gigs with Liam Gallagher and The Wombats. The UK band “are absolute legends, some of the greatest blokes we’ve met”, but they didn’t get to meet the Oasis singer. “I really wanted to shake his hand and say, ‘I absolutely love your stuff, Noel’,” Henry jokes. “And if he punched us out, we would have ended up in the papers.”
The cover of Old Mervs’ self-titled debut shows the duo in their old rehearsal space at Henry’s family farm, next to his dad’s HZ Premier wagon. “Dad is a big car collector, both Holdens and Fords. Whatever it is, he’s consistently a V8 man.”
Old Mervs by Old Mervs is out March 21 via Universal.
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