8 - Doom Boogie

7 - Grunge Groove

6 - Ultraviolet

5 - Woolamai

3 - Got My Mojo Back

2 - Old Silver Bullet

1 - Intro

We've re-emerged from the swamps of the Yarra Valley to contemplate our learnings within The Mojo Dojo, our new album and sister LP to the 2023 release The Mojo Funk.

Dojo – ‘a hall or place for immersive learning, experiential learning, or meditation’

The Mojo Dojo explores our songwriting and musicality. There’s something for everyone. Beat Mag labelled us ‘Australia’s most exciting up-and-coming blues and roots rockers’, which is pretty bloody kind and you'll definitely find this upbeat vibe on our cover of John Butler's 'Funky Tonight' and 'Til The Day', the reimagined version of a song we dropped on our very first EP. There's soulful acoustic moments, psychedelic dream interpretations and a couple of special guest appearances on the record too. Instead of packaging up a batch of similar sounding songs like the majority of modern music releases, we've more-or-less done the opposite and embraced the place where the creativity flows.

Like The Mojo Funk, we've made this album as real as possible. It’s mixed by Callum Howell (Ocean Alley), mastered by Crystal Mastering (Teskey Brothers, King Gizzard) and features hand-made collage art from UK artist Ben Giles. The Mojo Dojo has found its way onto 12-inch translucent purple vinyl, CD, digital download, streaming and with limited edition t-shirt bundles.

Available to pre-order now.

We’re launching the album at Echuca Winter Blues Festival on Friday 26th July. 

Credits
Vocals, Guitars, Blues Harp, Keys, Percussion – ASH KING
Bass – SHANE ANDISON
Drums on Tracks 1 & 2 – MATT BERG
Drums on Tracks 3, 4, 5, 6 – JEREMY BERG
Backing Vocals on Tracks 4 & 6 – ASHLEE JADE KING & JESS SLOAN
Engineered by BRAD TOAN, BEAU MCKEE, ASH KING, DANNY SIMCIC, BAILEY MCLEAN
Mixed by CALLUM HOWELL
Mastered by JOE CARRA
Artwork by BEN GILES
Logo by AMY JEAN
Photography by CHRIS COHEN at ROCK THE VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL 2022
Vinyl & CD Layout by ASHLEE JADE KING
Produced by ASH KING
www.smokestackrhino.com

All songs written by SMOKE STACK RHINO
Except Reimagined sample of ‘Wang Dang Doodle’ originally written by WILLIE DIXON.
Track 2 written by JOHN BUTLER.

2 - Funky Tonight

No One Can Save You From Yourself

With a band name that’s just one heavy animal away from the blues (think Howlin’ Wolf), Smoke Stack Rhino have been captivating audiences with their electrifying live performances and authentic brand of blues and roots rock. The trio from the swamps of the Yarra Valley have taken their high-energy show to festivals across Australia like Blues at Bridgetown, Echuca Winter Blues, Grampians Grape Escape, St Kilda Blues, Mitchell Creek Rock ‘N Blues and more. They’ve found airplay on Triple M and Triple J, ran Rock The Valley Music Festival, placed on several high-profile Spotify playlists and featured on Australia’s most popular podcast The Hamish and Andy Podcast.

In 2023 they released The Mojo Funk, a heavy psychedelic blues album that reached #2 on the ARIA Blues & Jazz Albums chart. New album The Mojo Dojo expands the band’s sound with upbeat boogie rock sitting alongside acoustic and psychedelic influences and is set for release on Friday 26 July. Lead single Til’ The Day has been described as ‘a blues-rock banger with more dirt in it than a 1940s Ford Pickup sitting at the bottom of a Louisiana swamp’.

Smoke Stack Rhino are best experienced live. Singer-guitarist Ash King is a whirlwind with resonator guitar in hand, his earthy vocals reaching from deep baritone low notes to high screams, drummer Matt Berg pushes the band forward from behind the kit and bassist Shane Andison stays rock solid, holding the whole thing together with an infectious, catchy groove. 

Come and get ya mojo back.

‘Three-piece band, we like it’ - Hamish & Andy
‘Australia’s most exciting blues and roots rockers’ - Beat
‘Love the stompin’ blues sound’ - Triple J
‘Catchy, rootsy rock’ - Triple M

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