Former Bauhaus frontman/co-founder Peter Murphy has dropped his new single “The Artroom Wonder” featuring TOOL’s Justin Chancellor.
The song features on his upcoming album ‘Silver Shade‘, set to arrive on May 9 via Metropolis Records. Get it here.
The song features Tool’s Justin Chancellor on bass, one of many guest musicians on Murphy’s album, produced by Youth. He has previously shared “Swoon” (ft Trent Reznor), and “Let the Flowers Grow” (ft Boy George).
Commenting on the track Murphy said:
“‘The Artroom Wonder’ is an echo from my fourth year at senior school. Daniel Ash and I are listening to the mysterious sixth-year cool intelligentsia that have gathered in the artroom. We have dared to enter their conclave, and the music coming from it was intriguing. We discover that the song being played is ‘The Bewlay Brothers’, highly intelligent, mystical and sensual, with the singer’s voice as seductive as anyone I’d ever heard.”
“The song has a surreal approach, telling the story in my typical oblique style, including the description of a lowdown that leads into an evocation of the perfected human being, the Prophet Muhammad (may peace be upon him). The final verse celebrates my own self-advancing and position on this.” He adds.
Take a listen below.
Silver Shade Tracklisting:
- Swoon
- Hot Roy
- Sherpa
- Silver Shade
- The Artroom Wonder
- Meaning Of My Life
- Xavier New Boy
- Cochita Is Lame
- Soothsayer
- Time Waits
- Sailmaker’s Charm
- Let The Flowers Grow (with Boy George)
Catch Peter Murphy Live
22 June – Forever Now Festival / Milton Keynes, UK
9-10 August – M’ERA LUNA FESTIVAL / Hildesheim, Germany
Photo credit: Chad Kelco
