Artist · chart history
Old Mervs
Band Formed 2017
Old Mervs formed in 2017. Old Mervs has 4 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2023–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “What You've Lost”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #38. The station that charted Old Mervs most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2024.
Old Mervs are two Australian mates, David House and Henry Carrington-Jones, who have been friends since they were five and started playing music together in 2017. A year later they settled on the name, a tribute to Mervin, the dog they grew up with, which tells you plenty about a band that wears its sunburnt, backyard charm on its sleeve. The sound is scrappy, sun-bleached indie surf rock: jangling, reverb-splashed guitars, loose-limbed grooves and choruses that feel built to be yelled back by a sweaty front row.
Give It Up, their second EP, arrived in 2023 with "Sweetheart" and debuted at number 33 on the ARIA Albums Chart that November. They have sold out rooms on tours at home and overseas. The self-titled Old Mervs album followed in 2025, carrying "What You've Lost", "Everyone Will See It" and "Don't Go", and it widens the picture without losing the easy, windows-down warmth that got them this far.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Old Mervs on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What You've Lost | 1 | #38 | – | 2024 | |
| 2 | Sweetheart | 1 | #47 | – | 2023 | |
| 3 | Everyone Will See It | 1 | #83 | – | 2025 | |
| 4 | Don't Go | 1 | #98 | – | 2025 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | Everyone Will See It | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2025 |
| 2025 | 98 | Don't Go | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2025 |
| 2024 | 38 | What You've Lost | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2024 |
| 2023 | 47 | Sweetheart | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2023 |
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