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2 April, 2021Print
Major Murphy’s New Album Access Out Today
“Jagged and anthemic...fuzzier and way more ambitious than what came before.” - Vice
"The Michigan quartet's light-footed indie rock has a timeless, universal feel." - Uncut
LISTEN TO ACCESS HERE: http://smarturl.it/mm-access
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/1jrikGtnJksIVgzNzkVLRy
APPLE MUSIC: https://music.apple.com/us/album/access/1544563826
LEARN ABOUT THE INFLUENCES BEHIND ACCESS OVER AT BROOKLYN VEGAN: https://bit.ly/3fxJAxf
Today, Major Murphy — Jacob Bullard (guitar, vocals), Jacki Warren (bass, vocals), Brian Voortman (drums), and Chad Houseman (guitar, keys, percussion) — share Access, their second album for Winspear. Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield says Access is “an album to blast at an unruly volume to soundtrack an experience one might have standing at that crossroads,” and it’s a record that exudes melodic exhilaration and earnest feeling while tackling adult themes of parenting, accountability, and building a sustainable artistic life.
Listen to and order Access here: http://smarturl.it/mm-access
On April 11, Major Murphy will perform Access in full for WYCE at Wealthy – a virtual concert series sponsored by the Grand Rapids AAA radio station. You can find more info here.
Recorded at Russian Recording in Bloomington, IN between late 2018 and early 2020 with Mike Bridavsky and Ben Lumsdaine, Access is a project built on Bullard’s burgeoning songwriting prowess and a restless, childlike creative spirit informed by Bullard and Warren’s newfound parenthood.
Read about the myriad influences that went into Access — from construction signage and flowers to Octavio Paz and Kero Kero Bonito — in an interview with Major Murphy over at Brooklyn Vegan: https://bit.ly/3fxJAxf
In five years, Major Murphy has evolved from three jamming roommates into the four piece it is now. Bound by a love for bands from Wings to Junip, Bullard, Voortman and Warren plucked their band name out of an extraterrestrial themed book, and, with the help of Winspear, got off the ground releasing two home recorded EPs in 2015 and 2017. The band’s debut LP No. 1 was soon to follow in 2018, and was praised for its “easy, gorgeous harmonies, shimmering production, and timeless subject matter” by Gorilla vs. Bear. Together, with the help of longtime collaborator but newly minted member, Chad Houseman, Access became the band’s first attempt at a more deliberate and conceptual creation.
PRAISE FOR MAJOR MURPHY & ACCESS
"A feat of endurance that has frontman Jacob Bullard and his bandmates working toward a more patient and empathetic existence through crescendoing repetition.”
"The Michigan quartet's light-footed indie rock has a timeless, universal feel."
- Uncut
"A chugging and expansive rocker built around some indelible harmonies between Jacob Ballard and Jacki Warren and a sweeping sense of forward momentum."
"Fans of Galaxie 500 and the Pixies will find a lot to love on Access."
- WXPN
"Twisting fuzzy riffs and somnambulistic hooks around songs that split the difference between Pavement and Emitt Rhodes."
“Jagged and anthemic...fuzzier and way more ambitious than what came before.”
- Vice
“Slow-building widescreen indie rock.”
"It starts with a chugging guitar that feels like a bit of a throwback to early 2000s alt-rock, but Bullard’s words are fraught with the worries and desires that are brought on by living in the modern age."
"If you're a fan of big, ecstatic indie that'll take you back to the freest moments of your adolescence, you're going to want to tune into Access."
- Gigwise
"A greatly consistent record... it's got teenage promise with mature and strong songwriting soaked in beautiful harmonies."
"A chugging, slow burning triumph, the pulsing drums are intersected by razor sharp guitars and the same dreampop magic hour harmonies of the 70’s Laurel Canyon scene."
"A dreamy, retro-fuelled release that leaves you encased in its sound."
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