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Father Murphy was a avant garde modern psychedelic band, [1] part of the subgenre defined Italian Occult Psychedelia by Antonio Ciarletta [2]
The band emerged from the partnership of Federico Zanatta (freddie Murphy), Chiara Lee, and former drummer Vittorio Demarin. [3]
Their first album, eponymously titled, came out from Madcap Collective, one of whose founders was Zanatta. [4] 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 (Agoo Records, USA, and Boring Machines, Italy) 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, [5] and in 2012 they released a split EP with Xiu Xiu and toured North America with them and Dirty Beaches [6]
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 (Blue Tapes, U.K.), Croce (The Flenser, U.S.A.) and Lamentations (Backwards Records, Italy).
In 2017 the duo released a collaboration EP with Jarboe, followed by two tours in Europe, one in the Fall [7] and one in Spring 2018 that included Roadburn Festival, one in North America [8] 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". [9]
Rising. A Requiem for Father Murphy. was included in essential releases of the week by Bandcamp [10] and in daily discovery by Spotify [11]
Source [12]
Peter Martin Christopherson was an English musician, video director, commercial artist, designer and photographer, and former member of British design agency Hipgnosis.
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