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NEW SONGS IN THE MAKING! NICK MURPHY AND SHYLO PROUDLY ANNOUNCE THAT A NEW ALBUM HAS BEEN WRITTEN AND THAT RECORDING AND PRODUCTION IS OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY. BUT STAY CALM! YOU'LL HEAR 'EM, OR IF YOU'RE LUCKY, CATCH A GLIMPSE OF A SNEAK PREVIEW SOON....
"Nick Murphy is a talented man. He has recorded an album of stunning harmonic depth, divine orchestration and a gentle humanity. In the tradition of Brian Wilson and Tony Asher's teenage symphonies to God, these songs are sumptuous paeans to the Australian suburbs and domestic love. Live, his band and he pull it off with style and subtlety. At their album launch at the Hopetoun Hotel in Sydney they made that tiny pub sound like a concert hall." TOBY MARTIN, YOUTH GROUP
Nick Murphy has been performing and co-song writing with highly acclaimed and popular Melbourne act, THE ANYONES (known as "THE EVERYONES" in the US), since co-forming the band in 1997. In 2006 Nick recorded and released his debut solo effort, "Breaking The Light", out through Cavelier & Shock. Since then Nick and his amazing band, Shylo, have toured consistently across this wide land with such stellar Oz acts as Youth Group, Dan Kelly and The Alphamales, Even, Ground Components, The Gin Club, Sceamfeeder and Gersey.
"Breaking the Light is... a pop album in the old fashioned sense, a confident collection of impeccably well written, sweetly sung songs that reveal a sensitive and perceptive musicians heart." 4 STARS THE AGE (Melbourne) 14th July 2006
Breaking The Light "was one of the under-heralded gems of last year – a mélange of styles and sounds that somehow meshes into an album that is vibrant, varied and interesting while retaining a sense of cohesion. It is this cohesion that usually goes missing as an artist tries to obtain that elusive title of "indefinable". Wireless Bollinger, Feb 07
As well as receiving critical acclaim and high rotation for their 2 full length albums (the 2nd album released in the US on Tee Pee Records, NYC, of Brian Jonestown Massacre fame), The Anyones toured extensively throughout Australia and the US with international and Australian acts including The Music, Morissey, Sloan, Jet, The Killers, Presidents of the United States, Brad, Dallas Crane, Rocket Science, The Vines, Magic Dirt, Youth Group, Motor Ace & 78 Saab.
"Nick Murphy has taken a more confident, intimate and visionary approach to his first solo album, imbuing his subtle, well-crafted songs with warm psychedelic emotion and gentle country elements... but its Murphys honest talent and sweet voice that really stand out." 3 STARS ROLLING STONE Oct 06.
"Breaking The Light" features some of Melbourne's finest musicians including Ross McLennan (Snout), Dave Ong (Jonie Lightning), Steve Pinkerton (The Anyones), Ben Mason (The Smallgoods), Phillipa Nihill (Underground Lovers), Chris Brodie (Broken Arrows), Jeff Samin (Musket) and explores Nick's psychadelic country lover affair with a telecaster, delay pedal and tremelo box.
Just letting you know about another performance I am doing at Sippers supporting the wonderful Nadene Satch! Also performing on the night will be Kate Kelsey-Sugg...
Wednesday 2nd December 8pm Sippers 164 Rathdowne Street Carlton
Hi there! Special Patrol are going to be in Melbourne this Saturday the 24th to launch their brand new album The Stranger's Dozen. Come along to the John Curtin Band Room, say hi and have a beer with us! Cheers, SP.
G'day Come on down to the Tote on Sunday the 27th of September to celebrate the end of another Footy season. The back line will be ably defended by Gruntbucket. Coming off the bench to take their position on the wing are Dirty York. Winning the ball at all the stoppages will be the mighty mid field attack of The Get Go. They'll send the ball rocketing toward the fantastic forward line of Clinkerfield who are sure to kick a swag of goals. There'll be plenty of snags on the barbie to help with the hangover.
hello Nick, Breaking The Light has been on high rotation the last couple of mornings in our house, we love it! Great songs! Also stella would like to send Sunday this msg- Biggely Buggely Boggely Boos! i'm sure she'll get that!! Hope y'all having a fine weekend. x em and stella
hey nick! just thinkin of you today and wanted to send some sunshine to ya. hope all's fab~ looking forward to crossing paths again one of these days, rae
Hi there, we're heading over to Melbourne this Saturday July 4th to play a show at the Northcote Social Club with Skipping Girl Vinegar. Hope you can make it along!
Nick Murphy & Shylo...It's finally here! The most unforgettable country music event in East Texas! Mill Creek Ranch Resort presents “Mill Creek Ranch Summer Bash 2009”!! Don’t miss out on this VIP opportunity to stay in the resort, attend the festive concert and actually meet and shake hands with some of today’s top ten country music artists….. all while experiencing first class treatment in Texas’ finest resort! Spaces are very limited, so be sure and reserve your cabin or RV space now to make sure you don’t miss out on this unforgettable stay-n-play getaway under the stars! Event dates are July 24th & 25th in Canton, Texas. Mill Creek Ranch Resort is proud to host Aaron Watson, Deryl Dodd, Rich O’Toole, Jamie Richards ,The Cody Riley Band, Whiskey Fish and ?????………for a 2 day show! For more information visit our website www.TheRanchSummerBash.blogspot.com or call (866) 599-7275 today! www.OutHouseTickets.com
Hi there! We've got a new EP that we're especially proud of called Summer which is the second in our series of seasonal EPs this year. We'd love for you to listen to the EP online, and to do so, just click on the graphic below. If you like what you hear, we'd be very grateful if you'd support our efforts by buying the EP for €2.50 (around $3.20).
Hope all is going great for you. Thanks for being our friend!
Hi guys,
Great news this week we were the #5 most added track to radio! NOVA Melbourne has been playing 'Somebody will miss you' regularly but to keep it there we need your help!
Pls vote for us via this link:
http://www. nova100. com. au/site/new_music/request_a_song. aspx
OR SMS
199 99 100
Thanks heaps!
Greg
