
Love Fame Tragedy shares new single "Backflip" featuring members of Pixies, Alt-J, and Soundgarden
07 August 2019, 10:49
| Written by
Cerys Kenneally
Love Fame Tragedy, the new project of The Wombats’ vocalist Matthew "Murph" Murphy, has shared new single "Backflip" which features members of Pixies, Alt-J, and Soundgarden.
"Backflip" sees Murphy link with Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago, Alt-J’s Gus Unger-Hamilton, Soundgarden drummer Matt Chamberlain, and singer-songwriter Lauren Aquilina.
Alongside "Backflip", Love Fame Tragedy has unveiled a second track, "Brand New Brain".
Both of the new offerings will feature on Murphy's debut EP I Don’t Want To Play The Victim, But I'm Really Good At It.
"Backflip" and "Brand New Brain" are both out now. Love Fame Tragedy's I Don’t Want To Play The Victim, But I'm Really Good At It EP will arrive 27 September via Good Soldier Songs / AWAL. He plays London's Moth Club on 13 September. Find out more.
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