$12.00
Title: DO THE SINISTER
Artist: FATHER MURPHY
Catalogue #: BX002
Label: BOX 13 (ROOSEVELT, NJ, US)
Format: CD
1 We Know Who Our Enemies Are
2 Millhouse
3 I Was In A Coma, Then I Woke Up And Asked For A Strawberry Milkshake
4 So Long
5 Liquid Center
6 Butterflies And Bats
7 God Speed You My Nurse
8 Drawn
9 Three Musicians Getting Unknown
"Compliments to Michael Gira for pointing Dream Magazine in the direction of this intriguing Italian psychedelic outfit. Lumpy and smooth lurching uneven constructions suffused with oblique passions and simmering intensity. As the title aptly indicates there’s a vaguely sinister quality to the music these folks make. Even the lighter moments have a slightly uneasy nightmarish undertone to them, but in a completely natural and unforced way. A mix of male and female vocalists, loudness and subtlety, and a wide range of stylistic influences blended into something quite unique. Though they sing everything in English they have a distinctively Italian feeling. In a world of cookie-cutter imitators, it’s very refreshing to find something so disturbingly and provocatively unique. These folks also sent along a great CD-R of their upcoming album “...And He Told Us to Turn to the Sun” which is perhaps even more intense, edgy and fascinating than Do the Sinister. This is definitely a band to keep an eye and ear open for." - George Parsons Dream Magazine
"I played a show at a warehouse near the shipyards in Oakland with Carla Bozulich and Devin Hoff, and the Italian band Father Murphy was one of the other bands that played. They just completely slew. Truly masterfully put together, amazing songs with tons of space and utterly original arrangements. I got the CD that night, expecting it wouldn't measure up (how could it!), and was amazed at how great it was. Just an incredible album." - John Dieterich, Pitchfork best of 2008