{"id":39246,"date":"2023-04-23T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39246"},"modified":"2023-04-09T21:19:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T01:19:09","slug":"the-murlocs-announce-new-lp-calm-ya-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39246","title":{"rendered":"The Murlocs announce new LP \u2018Calm Ya Farm\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Melbourne\u2019s\u00a0The Murlocs\u00a0have announced their brand new studio album,\u00a0\u2018Calm Ya Farm,\u2019 due\u00a0May 19\u00a0via\u00a0ATO Records. Following their 2022 garage-psych opus\u00a0\u2018Rapscallion,\u2019 the band initially set out with a vision of creating a quintessential country-rock record: inspired by iconic albums like The Byrds\u2019\u00a0\u2018Sweetheart of the Rodeo\u2019 as well as the hazier edges of the mid-\u201970s British pub-rock scene. Spiked with The Murlocs\u2019 signature breed of sharply crafted garage-punk\u2014and with lead vocalist, guitarist &amp; harmonica triple threat\u00a0Ambrose Kenny-Smith\u2019s\u00a0surrealist musings on the ever-turbulent world around him\u2014the new collection ultimately twists country-rock convention into a free-flowing album fully in touch with the frenetic energy of modern life.<br><br>Recorded in their home studios and mixed by repeat collaborator John Lee,\u00a0<em>Calm Ya Farm<\/em>\u00a0brings that sun-drenched sound to tracks like lead single\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/charmschoolmedia.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=7729f4c86d7f743ae4dbabf1d&amp;id=36c94e123f&amp;e=c7d74adf69\"><em>Initiative<\/em><\/a>: a sweetly raucous anthem for growing up without completely shaking off your reckless side. Released today alongside an official video, Kenny-Smith explains,\u00a0<em>\u201cIt\u2019s about recognizing the need to start taking responsibility for your life instead of always living in the now and killing all your brain cells along the way. Not everyone wants the big family and the big house with the white picket fence. Everything happens for a reason and sometimes you need to take things more seriously and make a few power moves in life to find out what comes next in the crystal ball.\u201d<\/em> Watch the video from Initiative via YouTube below or across platforms\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/charmschoolmedia.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=7729f4c86d7f743ae4dbabf1d&amp;id=f1043456c5&amp;e=c7d74adf69\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f0ojzXv65W0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the band\u2019s most collaborative work to date,\u00a0\u2018Calm Ya Farm\u2019 unfolds in more elaborate and sophisticated arrangements and achieves new sonic depths largely by creating space for all five members to pursue their most eccentric impulses. \u201c<em>With this record we tried to steer away from all the distortion and dirt and grit, or at least let the grit come off a bit more clean-sounding,\u201d<\/em> says\u00a0Kenny-Smith, who, in addition to guitarist\u00a0Callum Shortal\u00a0(Orb and Tim is in Crepes), drummer Matt Blach\u00a0(Beans) and keyboardist<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Tim Karmouche, also plays with bassist\u00a0Cook Craig\u00a0(Pipe-Eye) in the globally beloved psych-rock powerhouse\u00a0King Gizzard &amp; The Lizard Wizard. Over the course of its 12 wildly catchy tracks,\u00a0\u2018Calm Ya Farm\u2019\u00a0touches on everything from the vicious tone of political discourse to the brain-addling effect of conspiracy theories, adorned with such unexpected flourishes as lush flute melodies, potent flamenco-guitar riffs, and dreamlike Farfisa tones.<br><br>While\u00a0\u2018Calm Ya Farm\u2019\u00a0contains plenty of frenzied tension, the album quickly reveals its power to ease the listener into a more serene state of mind. This is fitting for the album\u2019s title which Kenny-Smith explains is \u201c<em>something my partner always says to me when I\u2019m feeling stressed-out or anxious. It made sense with the whole country theme of the record, but it\u2019s generally a good reminder for day-to-day life. Now whenever I look down, I can remember to just chill out and take everything a little easier.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dim.mcusercontent.com\/cs\/7729f4c86d7f743ae4dbabf1d\/images\/3a6f7b7c-9cfa-cd11-01ad-45d9783b199c.jpeg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Calm Ya Farm album art\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018<strong>Calm Ya Farm\u2019\u00a0track listing<\/strong> <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/charmschoolmedia.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=7729f4c86d7f743ae4dbabf1d&amp;id=5eac9230f0&amp;e=c7d74adf69\">Initiative<\/a><br>2. Common Sense Civilian<br>3. Russian Roulette<br>4. Superstitious Insights<br>5. Centennial Perspective<br>6. Queen Pinky<br>7. Undone And Unashamed<br>8. Captain Cotton Mouth<br>9. Catfish<br>10. Smithereens<br>11. Forbidden Toad<br>12. Aletophyte<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/charmschoolmedia.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=7729f4c86d7f743ae4dbabf1d&amp;id=93d14822ad&amp;e=c7d74adf69\">Calm Ya Farm<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/charmschoolmedia.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=7729f4c86d7f743ae4dbabf1d&amp;id=639ac505bb&amp;e=c7d74adf69\"><strong>\u2019\u00a0album pre-order<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Melbourne\u2019s\u00a0The Murlocs\u00a0have announced their brand new studio album,\u00a0\u2018Calm Ya Farm,\u2019 due\u00a0May 19\u00a0via\u00a0ATO Records. Following their 2022 garage-psych opus\u00a0\u2018Rapscallion,\u2019 the band initially set out with a <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39246\" title=\"The Murlocs announce new LP \u2018Calm Ya Farm\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[22,23,28,29,30,1907],"tags":[11171,8737,11172],"class_list":["post-39246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","category-news","tag-calm-ya-farm","tag-initiative","tag-the-murlocs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/46AF9DDC-6C96-4723-AE37-F99C519AB35E.jpeg?fit=680%2C894&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-ad0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38693,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=38693","url_meta":{"origin":39246,"position":0},"title":"Pink Mexico share \u2018Dungeonhead\u2019 single","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 24, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"NYC heavy pop project\u00a0Pink Mexico\u00a0announce their signing to\u00a0Quiet Panic Records and share the single\u00a0Dungeonhead. 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