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Photo credit : Jade Sadler

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“bright yet devastating” – Dork (4*)

“Prismatic indie-pop” – The Times 

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Love Fame Tragedy, the acclaimed solo project from Matthew “Murph” Murphy, guitarist and lead singer of alt-pop chart-toppers The Wombats, on Friday released his second album, Life Is A Killer, via Bright Antenna Records. Love Fame Tragedy will be embarking on a UK tour this May, where Murph will perform these tracks live for the very first time.

Even for a writer beloved by his fans for being so frank and open about his romantic failings and issues with drugs and depression, Life Is A Killer is Murph’s truest and most lyrically raw album to date, documenting one of the most difficult years of his life. As the now sober songwriter navigates his way through balancing life as a new father of two and touring the world with The Wombats, he explores the mental struggles of managing family life amid self-destructive excess.

Written in between London and LA, Murph enlisted the help of producers Jacknife Lee (U2, The Killers) and Mark Crew (Bastille, Rag N Bone Man, The Wombats) to push his sonic boundaries further than ever, with new sounds and even voice notes from his wife Akemi throughout this album. Speaking on the album, Murph says: “My touring and work schedule and my drinking got completely out of control, and it fucked me up basically. The album was written in the time where I was on this crazy descent.”

The new music video for single ‘It’s Ok To Be Shallow’ is also out now, shot in Malibu and directed by Julia Friesland-Godfrey.

Named after a revered Pablo Picasso exhibition at the Tate Modern, Love Fame Tragedy’s debut album Wherever I go, I Want To Leave garnered widespread support from the likes of NME, The Times, CLASH, Metro, Radio 1 and more, and was followed by The Wombats first ever UK #1 album, the acclaimed Fix Yourself, Not The World, and a worldwide tour that included a headline show at London’s The O2.

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LIFE IS A KILLER 
– ALBUM OUT NOW
BUY/STREAM HERE

Love Fame Tragedy
Life Is A Killer
Tracklist

Don’t You Want To Sleep With Someone Normal? 
Slipping Away
It’s Ok To Be Shallow 
If You Don’t 
My Heads In A Hurricane
Instrumental w/ voice note
Life is a Killer
Tangerine Milkshake
Ain’t No Need To Try
Eat Fuck Sleep Forever 
Maybe I Should? 
Instrumental w/o voice note 

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