Ol’ Joey Scrums is a Raleigh five-piece that plays Appalachian- and Texas-leaning country with a grunge-bred growl and an indie-rock pulse. Formed at a local brewery in 2021, the band centers on Joe Ralli’s songwriting, with Dakotah Kelly on banjo/guitar, and Ian Klug on guitar/mandolin. Their influences run from Nirvana and Tyler Childers to jazz, pop-punk, and slam metal, and it shows. The result is layered, full-bodied studio work that the band then reshapes for the stage, so the songs rarely sound the same twice.