MARTHA SKYE MURPHY - Um LP blackened its siren-like guitar reaching near-shoegaze

its siren-like guitar reaching near-shoegaze levels of controlled chaos

one that offers a delicate balance of their punk roots with captivating new-wave and 80s post-punk aesthetics

and city landscapes are haunted by saints

in the middle of the concert and while playing

Thierry Amar and Tim Herzog from Godspeed You

MARTHA SKYE MURPHY - Um LP blackened its siren-like guitar reaching near-shoegazeMeaning shifts throughout Martha Skye Murphy's debut album Um with songs that meld moments of baroque beauty with crashes of electronic noise, employing textures that are by turns organic and artificial, hi fi and lo fi. Collaborations with the likes of Claire Rousay and Roy Montgomery are finely intertwined with the fruits of rigorous studio sessions with producer Ethan P. Flynn. Lyrically Murphy conjures images inspired by everything from Ancient