The Malingerers are a 5 piece old time band playing original songs clearly influenced from a melting pot of traditional country, blues and rock’n’roll (Hank Williams, Merle Travis, Leadbelly, Woodie Guthrie etc.) but as you’d expect, combined with a warped sense of humour and history!

After a year of touring, refining their songs and live performances, The Malingerers have now committed their unique sound to tape culminating in an eclectic, strange yet familiar collection of new recordings ready to be unleashed on the unsuspecting public.

Taken straight from these recordings, The Malingerers debut single “House of Mine” will be released on the 3rd May. An annoyingly catchy country picker featuring trademark wailing harp and the malingering backline shuffle, it’s a song about inner turmoil disguised by a happy melody! Or maybe it’s about a house falling down!

The Malingerers are:

Kevin Murphy • Lead Vocals and Guitar

Craig Murphy • Harmonica, Guitar and Backing Vocals

Tim Palmer • Fiddle and Backing Vocals

Andrew Donovan • Double Bass and Backing Vocals

Steve Donovan • Mandolin and Banjo

The Malingerers are the same songwriting team that were The Surgens who had, to their name, 4 vinyl 7’ singles, 2 highly acclaimed albums, Mark Lamarr BBC Radio – 2 and Mark Reilly - 6 Music sessions and record of the week on the Shaun Keaveny show. Check out http://www.thesurgens.co.uk