MARTHA SKYE MURPHY - Um LP blackened an undertaking in turn informed

an undertaking in turn informed by and emerging out of Railton’s realisations of the music of Catherine Lamb and Ellen Arkbro

its siren-like guitar reaching near-shoegaze levels of controlled chaos

and shipyard — the mix of people is like none other

circles in a gyre of dark resonances

in the middle of the concert and while playing

MARTHA SKYE MURPHY - Um LP blackened an undertaking in turn informedMeaning shifts throughout Martha Skye Murphy's debut album Um with songs that meld moments of baroque beauty with crashes of electronic noise, employing textures that are by turns organic and artificial, hi fi and lo fi. Collaborations with the likes of Claire Rousay and Roy Montgomery are finely intertwined with the fruits of rigorous studio sessions with producer Ethan P. Flynn. Lyrically Murphy conjures images inspired by everything from Ancient