Nick Murphy drops surprise instrumental album Music for Silence
Nick Murphy has surprise-released a meditative instrumental album titled Music for Silence.
The 10-track LP was previously only available through the sleep/meditation app Calm, but last night (5 March), Murphy made it available for everyone.
Music for Silence follows on from his recent "Goodnight" single and last year's Run Fast Sleep Naked album.
On his latest Instagram post, Murphy writes, "This record was deeply cathartic process for me. I was in a really bad place with myself. I thought id broken something inside my chest and all I wanted to do was get as far away from everything as possible. It felt like a split stone."
He adds, "I found an old empty church and slept there for a week with a piano and the pigeons in the rafters. I played all day each day and recorded all of it. I didn’t have the words but my hands and that space helped me work it out. Like kneading dough. These recordings healed me and I wanted to share them in the hope some of that healing might pass on to a listener. Everything is so dense these days Its important to take some spiritual rest when you can."
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