Michael Robert Murphy

Michael’s journey since going solo over the past year has been an intriguing organic trip, walking us through the many dimensions of his songwriting and quickly proving he is much more than the frontman and singer-songwriter of once Liverpool Psych Rockers The Wicked Whispers. After a lo-key debut EP drop (Featuring the highly contagious ‘Out Of Sight’) which stripped his songs down to the core, Michael then joined forces with pal & mutal fan James Skelly of The Coral (also producer of Blossoms / The Lathums) to produce his next singles.

Recent single ‘Puzzles’, (First with Skelly) was certainly a step once more into psychedelia for Michael, with a modern & interesting twist. ‘Holding On’ still carries elements of this but nailed by its simplicity, one that only Michael’s songwriting and James’ penning of ‘Dreaming Of You’ & ‘In The Morning’ could conjure up. The song itself is all a very simple message of hope, nothing more, claims Michael. ‘We have all faced some dark moments over the past 18 months I'm sure, this is just me being positive as I always am even If I am not feeling it, but giving a prospective of everything is going to be fine and we are all together, cheesy I know, but sod It, this is what listening to Neil Young for hours on end with a bottle of red wine brings you’