Father Murphy (band)


Father Murphy was an avant-garde modern psychedelic band, part of the subgenre defined Italian occult psychedelia by Antonio Ciarletta.
WWW fathermurphy.org

Biography

The band emerged from the partnership of Federico Zanatta, Chiara Lee, and former drummer Vittorio Demarin.
Their first album, eponymously titled, came out from Madcap Collective, one of whose founders was Zanatta. Father Murphy's second album Six Musicians Getting Unknown came out in 2005 also on Madcap Collective.
The 2008 release of ... and He told us to turn to the Sun signaled a sudden change in the band's style and an increase in touring. The EP No Room for the Weak came out the same year, also from Aagoo and Boring Machines.
In 2010 the band toured North America with Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu, and in 2012 they released a split EP with Xiu Xiu and toured North America with them and Dirty Beaches.
In 2014, Father Murphy started touring with artist and animator Luca Dipierro, performing a live soundtrack to the screening of his animated short films. The show, called Paper Circus, has been presented in various cinemas and galleries across the USA, like the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, OR, Cinefamily at The Silent Movie Theatre in LA, the Grand Illusion Cinema in Seattle, WA, Spectacle Theater and Millennium Film Workshop in Brooklyn, NY.
In 2015 the band released the Trilogy of the Cross, comprising Calvary, Croce and Lamentations.
In 2017 the duo released a collaboration EP with Jarboe, followed by two tours in Europe, one in the Fall and one in Spring 2018 that included Roadburn Festival, one in North America, and a special show at Dark Mofo in Australia.
The band released an album in 2018, Rising. A Requiem for Father Murphy. for Ramp Local and Avant! Records. On the top inside cover is written "Father Murphy 2001 - 2018".
Rising. A Requiem for Father Murphy. was included in essential releases of the week by Bandcamp and in daily discovery by Spotify.

Members

  • Freddie Murphy – vocals, guitar
  • Chiara Lee – keyboards, vocals, percussion

Former members

  • Vittorio "GVitron" Demarin – drums, percussion

Discography

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Albums

  • 2003 Father Murphy
  • 2005 Six Musicians Getting Unknown
  • 2008 ...And He Told Us To Turn To The Sun
  • 2011 Do The Sinister
  • 2012 Anyway, Your Children Will Deny It
  • 2015 Croce
  • 2018 ''Rising. A Requiem for Father Murphy''

Singles and EPs

  • 2010 No Room For The Weak
  • 2014 Pain Is On Our Side Now
  • 2015 ''Lamentations''

Album Splits

Compilations

  • 2007 Jardim Elétrico: A Tribute To Os Mutantes, with the song Ave Lúcifer
  • 2009 Rare Or Not Mix 3, with the song We Were Colonists
  • 2010 OCCII Compilation, A Mix Of Snippets 2002–2009, with the song Go Sinister
  • 2011 Free Music Impulse, with the song ''You Got Worry''