2018 has been a monumental year for The Rumjacks as the Celtic, folk, punk rock band have been celebrating their 10th year anniversary together.
Since the bands inception in Sydney, Australia in late 2008 when singer and main songwriter Frankie McLaughlin met Bassist Johnny McKelvey, the band has gone on to tour endlessly to countless countries all over the world, playing multiple sold-out shows throughout Europe, performing to 400,000 people on the main stage at Woodstock Festival in Poland, tour coast-to-coast through the USA, even into countries such as Russia and the Ukraine, and they have shared stages with some of the best punk rock bands in the world.
They have a new album out entitled ‘Saints Preserve Us’. The 12-track album is a blistering ball of wild energy that sees the band in peak performance, showing a level of musicianship and songwriting that only 10 years of endless touring and playing together can bring.
‘Saints Preserve Us’ is the band’s 4th album release, a quick follow up to the 2016 acclaimed album ‘Sleepin’ Rough’. Previous albums include ‘Sober & Godless’ from 2015, and ‘Gangs Of New Holland’ in 2010.
‘An Irish Pub Song’ was a breakthrough song for the band off their debut album (‘Gangs of New Holland’) and has currently racked up over 47 million views on YouTube alone!
The Rumjacks are heading to Sussex early next year to promote their latest platter. The drop into the Con Club in Lewes on Sunday 27th January and they will be bringing Hastings folk punk band Matilda’s Scoundrels with them.
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More on The Rumjacks HERE.
