14 Steps To A Better You (Relapse)

Ticks Me Off

Get Better

Back And Forth

How I Met Your Mother

Give It Up

Wasting Time

The Terrys

Nikes (No Vacancy)

Matchstick

We pass through fire, through time and fear,
The test of fate brings no one near,
Affection fails, discernment stays,
We learn to love in stranger ways.
Intelligence finds friends in few,
Chance will hand the rest to you.
But a man is judged by those who stay,
The wise walk north, the fools decay.

Graduates of fortune,
Matriculated souls,
Learning through the silence,
Where the dark wind rolls.
Graduates of fortune,
With hearts that never sleep,
Friendship is a mirror,
And mirrors run deep.

Pleasure’s mask, the sweetest guise,
The liar’s warmth, the friend’s disguise,
We dance with trust, we flirt with doubt,
Some stay within, most fade out.
Legitimate in thought or sin,
Some for ideas, some to win,
Few are friends of who we are,
Most are drawn to what we wear.

Graduates of fortune,
Walking hand in hand,
Students of the moment,
Lost in shifting sand.
Graduates of fortune,
No lesson comes for free,
A wise friend guards the doorway,
A fool invites the sea.

Graduates of fortune,
Degrees in circumstance,
Bound by fleeting wisdom,
And accidental chance.
Graduates of fortune,
Our lessons never end,
You lose yourself in fortune,
Before you find a friend.


FORTUNE

So You Wanna

Good Grief

Straightfaced

The two-piece indie-rock outfit Old Mervs, from Kojonup, WA return with their first new single of 2023, 'Sweetheart' and the first glimpse at the band's next era. Taking cues from blissed-out Californian faves Sunroom to the classic indie feels of fellow Aussies DMA's,
'Sweetheart' was born out of a writing trip the band took in Denmark, WA.
With no pressure or deadlines hanging over their heads, the band put their minds to sculpting their next batch of music. 'Sweetheart' emerged from a few different song ideas that would then be stitched together alongside producer Dave Parkin at Black Bird Studios to create the final cut. Lyrically, it takes aim at those friends that constantly flake on plans, while also acknowledging that we all do that sometimes.
Tight, propulsive, and ever so fun, 'Sweetheart' feels like a classic Mervs cut, but powered by a new focus and intention. The first of much more to come, 'Sweetheart' is another home run from one of the country's fastest rising bands.
"This track came from a writing session we did on the south coast of
WA last summer." says vocalist/guitarist David House. "We wanted some more fast-paced singalong styled songs for our live set, so whilst writing we were trying to imagine how it would sit in a live show. It definitely feels like a very classic old Mervs sounding track and that's intentional. Crunchy guitars and big choruses are too much fun to be missing from our catalogue."