One of the most mysterious and enigmatic musical entities to come out of Italy in recent years, Father Murphy, has premiered another track from their forthcoming new full-length Croce. Listen to “All The People Yelling Fire” now on Noisey.com.
The duo’s new album, Croce, is a collection of dark psychedelic/industrial cabaret is a concept record about the cross (yes, it’s THAT cross – ‘croce’ in Italian), with one side of the record sonically representing the suffering and sacrifice and the flip side reflecting what comes after; the end of said suffering, resurrection, or perhaps oblivion. This album marks the band’s fifth full-length release of their extensive catalogue (discography can be found below) and was recorded by John Dieterich in Albuquerque, NM and mixed by Greg Saunier earlier this year. Croce will be available March 17th from The Flenser.
The sounds Father Murphy creates on Croce are shadowy, the atmospheres muddy and murky, from which spring unexpected blurts of impossibly catchy noise pop, approaching at times something almost operatic, like some twisted musical detailing the trials and tribulation of the crucifixion. Male and female vocals by Freddie Murphy and Chiara Lee intertwine over distorted blasts of guitar crunch, anchored by stuttering homebuilt percussion. This sound is both textural and nuanced but also noisy and chaotic, and that chaos is carefully sculpted into jagged shards of fragmented pop, and that pop oven into a dramatic, almost theatrical song suite.
Watch the teaser video for Croce here and check out Father Murphy’s world tour dates below.
FATHER MURPHY – ON TOUR
February 25 – Loco’s, Rovereto, IT
February 27 – Bronson, Ravenna, IT w/Melampus
February 28 – Chiesa S. Maria in Chiavica, Verona, IT*
March 12 – Secret Project Robots, Brooklyn, NY USA w/Kathleen Baird
March 14 – Sonorium, Salem, MA, USA
March 15 – John Doe Jr Recs and Books, Greenfield, MA, USA w/Bill Nace & J. Meginsky, Brett Renaud
March 16 – Deep Thoughts Record Store, Boston, MA, USA w/KTB, Humanbeast
March 17 – Space Gallery, Portland, ME, USA w/Afraid,
March 18 – Casa del Popolo, Montreal, CDN w/Perverted Justice, Flesh Entry
March 19 – Mugshots, Ottawa, CDN
March 20 – The Cave, Toronto, CDN
March 21 – UFO Factory, Detroit, MI, USA
March 22 The Burlington, Chicago, IL, USA
March 23 The Pentagon, Ames, IA, USA
March 24 The West Wing, Omaha NE USA
March 25 Bar Bar, Denver, CO, USA w/Of Earth And Sun, Echo Beds, and Shroud
March 26 Diabolical Records, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
March 25-27 Treefort Music Fest, Boise, ID, USA
March 28 – Beacon Sound, Portland, OR, USA
March 29 – The Black Lodge, Seattle, WA, USA w/Fever Witch, A story of rats, Mood Organ
March 30 – Deadbeat Records, Olympia, WA USA
April 1 – Hollywood Theater, Portland, OR, USA, Paper Circus
April 3 – LCM Oakland, CA, USA w/Chasms, All Your Sisters
April 4 – The Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco, CA, USA
April 5 – Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA, USA w/Xiu Xiu noise set
April 7 – Spirit Abuse, Albuquerque, NM, USA
April 8 – Grynde, El Paso, TX, USA
April 9 – North Door, Austin, TX, USA
April 10 – Korova Basement, San Antonio, TX
April 11 – Rubber Gloves, Denton, TX
April 12 – Spottswood, Memphis, TN
April 13 – Mono, Birmingham, AL
April 14 – Static Age, Asheville, NC, USA
April 15 – Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN, USA
April 17 – The Holy Underground w/Theologian, Baltimore, MD, USA
April 18 – Cha Cha Razzi, Philadelphia, PA, USA
April 20 – Paper Circus @ Spectacle, Brooklyn NY USA
May 1 – Kabinet MUZ, Brno, CZ
May 2 – Klubovna Povalec, Prague, CZ
May 3 – Hemdendienst, Nurnmberg, DE
May 5 – West Germany, Berlin, DE
May 7 – Konsthallen Lokstallet, Stromstad, SWE
May 8 – Koloni Gbg, Göteborg, SWE, w/Diane Cluck, Sheik Anorak
May 9 – Mother, Stockholm, SWE, w/Modern Feelings
May 11 – Multiphonics @ MS Stubnitz, Hamburg, GER
May 13 – Hetbos, Antwerp, BE, w/bulbul
May 15 – Le Sud, Rotterdam, NL
May 16 – Cafe de Ruimte, Amsterdam, NL, w/Zea
May 19 – Stramonium Club, Brighton, UK TBA
May 20 – Venue TBA Bristol, UK w/MX LX
May 21 – Chameleon, Nottingham, UK
May 23 – The Black Heart, London, UK
May 24 – Bradford Threadfest, Bradford, UK w/Howie Reeve and more
May 25 – The Audacious Art Experiment, Sheffield, UK w/Howie Reeve
May 26 – Nice’n Sleazy, Glasgow, UK, w/Howie Reeve
May 27 – Tunnel 1, Aberdeen UK w/Howie Reeve
May 28 – Fat out ‘till you pass out Event, Manchester, UK w/Howie Reeve
May 29 – The Kazimier Garden, Liverpool, UK w/Howie Reeve, a.P.A.t.T
June 2 – La Malterie, Lille, FR
June 4 – Gare XP, Paris, FR
June 5 – Relax, Clermont Ferrand, FR
June 6 – Les Pavillions Sauvages, Toulouse, FR