Alexi Murdoch Single Release and Video
aaamusic | On 24, Feb 2011
SINGLE “SOME DAY SOON” OUT MARCH 14th
(CITY SLANG)
www.myspace.com/aleximurdoch – www.cityslang.com
“With haunting similarities to the likes of Nick Drake’s Pink Moon… There’s always a place for hushed intimacy and delicate folk-pop singer/songwriters, and Alexi Murdoch fits the bill without the mewling self-absorption of the emo contingent.” – Allmusic.com
Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Alexi Murdoch is set to release ‘Some Day Soon’ from his beautiful new album Towards the Sun on March 14th on City Slang.
The first single to be taken from Towards the Sun, ‘Some Day Soon’is a delicate and understated track, but what it lacks in mammoth orchestration it more than makes up for in charm. Warm and heartfelt,‘Some Day Soon’ shows off Murdoch’s talent for creating music that is both refreshing and comfortably familiar.
You can access a live version of ‘Some Day Soon’ here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vHib0RFJVc
When putting the finishing touches to Towards the Sun, Murdoch called on several mainstays of Brooklyn’s thriving independent music scene to assist, including Jon Natchez (Beirut), Kelly Pratt (Beirut) and Kyle Resnick (The National).
After appearances on KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic”, WXPN’s “World Café,” and featuring on The OC’s soundtrack, Murdoch was tabbed by director Sam Mendes to contribute nine songs to the soundtrack for the acclaimed 2009 film Away We Go, alongside tracks by the Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, George Harrison & the Stranglers.
Rolling Stone magazine listed Murdoch as a “Top Ten Artist to Watch” while NPR Music called his 2006 effort, Time Without Consequence, “a timeless folk-pop record that’s likely to endure”. Riding a groundswell of grassroots support, Murdoch chose to self-release Time Without Consequence, which went on to sell over 100,000 copies.
Born in London and raised in Scotland, Greece and France before attending school in North Carolina, Alexi Murdoch currently splits his time between New York and a small house on the remote west coast of Scotland where he whiles away his days writing and working on his small wooden sailing boat.
