Stefan Murphy was the driving force behind the Mighty Stef band until May when the band closed the journey.
Count Vaseline is the newest project from Stef and there’s already an LP called Yo No Soy Marinero ready to go on September 30th on his own imprint OCD-Tapes [Olive-Color-Dream-Tapes] on cassette and digital.
The project is more DIY and will feature a constant output in coming months. ‘Sleep / Weep’ from the record is in his words “a narco-pop lullaby sung” and one of the cosier songs recorded in Berlin with Gerrit Haasler for the record. Other songs were recorded in Atlanta and Dublin.
‘I’m gonna write a sleep melody
a song that I can sing in my own company
and i don’t mind if the day breaks
I don’t mind if my heart aches for thee’
Live Dates:
September 29th – Mercury Lounge – New York [US]
October 29th – The Earl – Atlanta [US]
November 17th – The Eglantine – Belfast [IE]
November 18th – Sandinos – Derry [IE]
November 25th – Whelans – Dublin [IE]
November 25th – Mike The Pies – Listowel [IE]
**More US, Ireland and EU dates to be added for Autumn**
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
