Hello and welcome to episode 177 of the ACPG Podcast.
This week Ben is in Newcastle and zooming with Matthew Murphy of The Wombats and Love Fame Tragedy who is in LA.
Ben and Murph talk about his second album from his side project Love, Fame, Tragedy. We talk about writing for this project and The Wombats, talk about the heritage of great scouse bands (there’s a few), playing live, living in LA, and much more.
Even for a writer beloved by his fans for being so frank and open about his romantic failings, tempestuous marriage and issues with drugs and depression, Life Is A Killer is Murph’s truest and most lyrically raw album to date, documenting one of the most difficult years of his life. As the now sober songwriter navigates his way through balancing life as a new father of two and touring the world with The Wombats, he explores the mental struggles of managing family life amid self-destructive excess. Written in between London and LA, Murph enlisted the help of producers Jacknife Lee (U2, The Killers) and Mark Crew (Bastille, Rag N Bone Man, The Wombats) to push his sonic boundaries further than ever, with new sounds and even voice notes from his wife Akemi.
As singer, guitarist and primary songwriter of The Wombats, Murph has sold over a million albums, garnered nearly 2 billion streams, and, in 2022 secured his first ever UK #1 album with the acclaimed Fix Yourself, Not The World.
Thank you to Murph, Charlie and Murph’s dog for coming on and support with this episode.
See you very soon for season six.
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ACPG 136: Robocobra Quartet Interview
ACPG 135: The Subways (Billy Lunn) - Part Two
ACPG 134: The Subways (Billy Lunn)
ACPG 133: Lanterns on the Lake (Hazel Wilde)
ACPG 132: The Lighthouse Family
ACPG 131: Ash
ACPG 130: Rodrigo y Gabriela
ACPG 129: Feeder (Grant Nicholas)
ACPG 128: The Mysterines
ACPG 127: Jake Bugg
ACPG 126: Miles Kane
ACPG 125: Season Four Intro
ACPG 124: Season Outro
ACPG 123: The Zombies (Colin Blunstone) Interview
ACPG 122: The Rigg (Part Two) Interview
ACPG 121: The Rigg (Part One) - Interview
ACPG 120: They Might Be Giants (John Flansburgh) Interview
ACPG 119: Ewan MacFarlane (Apollo 440, The Grim Northern Social)
ACPG 118: Jonas Bjerre (MEW/Tachys) Interview
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