The Mary Wallopers have shared new single ‘The Juice’, their first materials since final yr’s ‘House Boys House’ EP – hear beneath.
The people-rock observe, their first since founding member Seán McKenna left the band this March, was written by frontmen Andrew and Charles Hendy and is dominated by a jaunty riff and sardonic lyrics. The previous serves up traces like, “We’rе at all times within the pub now / That’s the best way to be / Thеy have central heating and the pints are free,” earlier than there’s a minute-long outro on the uilleann pipes.
Discussing the observe, the Dundalk five-piece mentioned: “This can be a track for all of the exhausted folks, fed up of all of the grasping crooks, who nonetheless handle to squeeze a little bit of juice out of life.”
Hearken to the observe right here:
Following their UK tour in March, which included two sold-out nights at O2 Academy Brixton in London, and a few huge homecoming reveals of their native Eire, the Mary Wallopers have a number of competition dates arising subsequent month. They’re taking part in Boomtown, Stunning Days and Victorious within the UK in addition to Norway’s Øya, earlier than heading to Australia for a number of September dates.
Talking to NME final March, the band mentioned their model of music, with Andrew saying: “There must be a voice that’s giving the rowdy facet of people again to folks.”
Charles mentioned: “People acquired this identify of being very meek or timid – type of milquetoast. It grew to become protected, and we hate that as a result of that’s not what folks songs are about … The songs are all about fucking and consuming and hanging landlords and fucking murdering the cunts. They’re political songs, and even the love songs might be grotesque. You understand what I imply?”
In addition they spoke concerning the present wave of Irish artists, praising the likes of Simply Mustard, Lankum, Kneecap and Jinx Lennon, Charles explaining: “Eire has at all times been a very good place for music, however loads of the music that got here out of Eire beforehand didn’t actually sound very Irish. You understand, even when it was rock music or hip hop or something, it didn’t sound Irish. It was emulating different international locations.”
Andrew added: “There’s much more confidence in Irish tradition, realising that our tradition is fucking superb.”