# MURPHNICK Releases Single “Fakin It” Ahead of Solo Album March 31

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- Published: 2023-02-28T13:30:00-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **INTRODUCING THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS NICK MURPHY – MURPHNICK**

#### **FORMER CO-SINGER/SONGWRITER FOR THE ANYONES AND SOLO ARTIST NICK MURPHY – MURPHNICK – ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF NEW SOLO ALBUM _STRANGE RIDE_ TO FOLLOW NEW SINGLE & VIDEO “FAKIN IT”, WHICH TELLS THE UNFORTUNATE STORY OF WHY HE HAD TO CHANGE HIS NAME**

**Cheersquad Records & Tapes** is thrilled to announce the **March 31** release 
of _**Strange Ride**_, the new album by **Murphnick**, the artist formerly known
as **NIck Murphy**. The album announcement coincides with the relaunch of the album’s
first single **_“Fakin’ It”_**, which tells the poignant story of what happened 
to Nick’s life in music in 2016, when the artist formerly known a **Chet Faker**
reverted to his birth name, which also happens to be **Nick Murphy**. 

Says Nick, _**“This is lyrically the most obvious song on the album, describing 
my experience when Chet Faker changed his name back to Nick Murphy. He originally
became Chet because of me, friends and fans of his were attending my shows, seeing
the wrong Nick. His transition back to being NM came with a big publicity push, 
online and on the street. He was everywhere, images of him were next to my songs
online, I had been removed from a famous online music platform and legal options
were limited. I was lost to the determinations of dominant search engines, no one
could find me.”**_

Hence, Nick Murphy became Murphnick, and this story is the inspiration for **“Fakin
It”**.

Fakin It Murphnick

[⌊Fakin It Murphnick⌉⌊Fakin It Murphnick⌉
Watch this video on YouTube

_Murphnick – Fakin’ It (Official Video)_

Before releasing his debut solo album, **_Breaking The Light _**in 2006, Nick Murphy
had firmly established his reputation as a key founding member and songwriter for
Melbourne pop psych outfit, **The Anyones**, who toured the US and Australia on 
the back of 2 highly acclaimed and internationally-released albums with the likes
of **The Killers, The Vines, Jet, Sloan, Morrissey, The Music, Youth Group, Dallas
Crane, You Am I, Even** and more.

![Murphnick](https://i0.wp.com/mcusercontent.com/7468cc72c4dbd0d828cf87a0a/images/
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Nick released a 2nd record, _**What’s In Your Mind?**_ in 2011. Both records received
wide critical acclaim, received lots of airplay on ABC and community radio as well
as TV shows such as Home & Away, _Neighbours _and _Tripping Over_. Meanwhile, Nick’s
solo bands toured the country with such local heroes as **Dan Kelly and the Alpha
Males, The Gin Club, Even, Ross McLennan and The New World Orchestra, Screamfeeder&
78 Saab.**

**_“Fakin It”_** was recorded at Trapdoor Studios and Pow Wow by **Tim Harvey** 
and Marcel Borrack, who graciously carried out all of Murphnick’s weird requests,
like adding a vocal delay reminiscent of Bowie’s vocal in “Moonage Daydream”! Special
guests included** Al Barden** on drums, **Ben Mason **& **Tim Harvey** on backing
vocals (answering Murphnick in the chorus) and **Ross McLennan **on the mellotron.
All other instruments played by Murphnick.

**Read the lyrics to “Fakin’ It”** [here](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2ffacebook.us4.list%2dmanage.com%2ftrack%2fclick%3fu%3d7468cc72c4dbd0d828cf87a0a%26id%3d77234a5f25%26e%3d7f3088bce0&umid=77c6d26c-29cb-417b-95f8-1c632172c2ec&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-75d16f5944954a8aad709cd4135b104bfd2ebc8e).

See below for more details about the new album _**Strange Ride.**_

**Praise for Nick Murphy aka Murphnick:“Nick Murphy is a talented man. He has recorded
an album of stunning harmonic depth, divine orchestration and a gentle humanity.”–
Toby Martin, Youth Group

“Such great singing and writing and playing. Shit, that’s not easy to do. Of course,
it is easy for people to record and so many do but not many have Nick’s talents.”**–
Dave Graney**

“(Murphy) has the melodic and instrumental gifts to match his transistor radio dreams
and a voice that is pure enough to sing multiple rings around them”** – The Age **

![Murphnick](https://i0.wp.com/mcusercontent.com/7468cc72c4dbd0d828cf87a0a/images/
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_**Murphnick’s new single “Fakin’ It” is out now**_

_**Murphnick’s new album Strange Ride is out March 24, and is available for pre-
order here: **_
**[Strange Ride | Murphnick | Cheersquad Records & Tapes (bandcamp.com)](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2ffacebook.us4.list%2dmanage.com%2ftrack%2fclick%3fu%3d7468cc72c4dbd0d828cf87a0a%26id%3d0bbca019e2%26e%3d7f3088bce0&umid=77c6d26c-29cb-417b-95f8-1c632172c2ec&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-dc45994c1b2a25dc626874493ee2a6cead7c7793)**

**MURPHNICK –**_** STRANGE RIDE**_
Introducing the third album of songs written,
recorded and co-produced by longstanding Melbourne singer songwriter, performer,
guitarist and bassist, formerly known as Nick Murphy, now going by the name of **
Murphnick**. The name of the record is **_Strange Ride_**.

Before releasing his debut solo album, _Breaking The Light_ in 2006, Nick Murphy
had firmly established his reputation as a key founding member and songwriter for
Melbourne pop psych outfit, The Anyones, who toured the US and Australia on the 
back of two highly acclaimed and internationally released albums with the likes 
of **The Killers**, **The Vines**, **Jet**, **Sloan**, **Morrissey**, **The Music**,**
Youth Group**, **Dallas Crane**, **You Am I**, **Even** and more.

Nick released a second record, _What’s In Your Mind? _in 2011. Both records received
wide critical acclaim, received lots of airplay on ABC community radio as well as
TV shows such as Home & Away, Neighbours and Tripping Over. Meanwhile, Nick’s solo
bands toured the country with such local heroes as Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males,
The Gin Club, Even, Ross McLennan and The New World Orchestra, Screamfeeder & 78
Saab.

After releasing _What’s In Your Mind?_, Nick Murphy accepted a number of offers 
to be the hired gun in numerous Melbourne original, tribute and cover bands, helping
out various buddies including Chris Altmann, Mia Dyson, Luke Sinclair, Ben Mason,
Liz Stringer, Ross McLennan, Davey Lane, Ash Naylor and Suzannah Espie.  Playing
with this incredible range of musos at different times, Nick found himself straddling
the sounds coming from both sides of the Atlantic, both Americana and English rock.
By 2017 Nick had a big swag of tunes demoed and ready to record and Marcel Borrack&
Tim Harvey were the best team for the job.  The initial drum sessions were completed
in drummer, Al Barden’s basement, engineered by Marcel.  Later sessions were recorded
at Pow Wow, the studio run by Marcel and Tim.

After the intimate, singer-songwriter album _What’s In Your Mind? _(reminiscent 
of Nick Drake and Elliott Smith)_ _Nick’s role in these different amazing bands 
inspired him to get back to recording something that sounded like a rock band.  
Drifting back to listening to much more Americana music, Nick was writing songs 
heavily influenced by country rock, folk and soul.  A second big batch of songs 
came from Nick’s love of more European sounds, as well as daydreamy cinematic soundscapes.
After culling and selecting the best, the final collection of material was an eclectic
group of tunes with a prevailing sound of psychedelia and the early ‘70s.  The other
theme which unites Nick’s material right from the beginning of his recording career
is a love of melody and vocal harmonies, and _Strange Ride_ is no exception.

![Murphnick](https://i0.wp.com/mcusercontent.com/7468cc72c4dbd0d828cf87a0a/images/
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Nick’s lyrics in these songs tells stories of sad and desperate love, feelings of
loss and abandonment on suburban trains and in bedrooms, espionage tales of disappearing
friends who turned out to be someone completely unexpected, the tragic experience
of loss of identity when someone colonises your name, as well as yearning for childhood
dreams.

Whilst stamping his own distinctive sound upon the material, Nick’s tragic obsession
with this early ‘70s era can be heard loud and clear throughout the album and lots
of iconic references are apparent, such as _Draft Morning_ & _Wasn’t Born To Follow_
by The Byrds and _Moonlight Mile, Winter, 100 Years Ago_ and _Shine A Light_ by 
The Stones, _Yer Blues _by The Beatles, _Moonage Daydream_ by Bowie, _Everybody’s
Talkin’_ by Fred Neil, Theme to Rosemary’s Baby, _Should I Take You Home_ by Sunny&
The Sunliners, _Didn’t I Blow Your Mind_ by The Delfonics, _Marquee Moon_ by Television,
_Rattled By The Rush_ by Pavement, _Down By The River_ and _Cortez The Killer_ by
Neil Young.

Incredible contributions from some of Melbourne’s finest musos has to be acknowledged,
adding textures and colour which have elevated the album to another level. These
include cello by **Clara Schutz**, violin by **Ewan Baker**, piano by **Stevie Hesketh,
Chris Altmann** and **Marcel Borrack**, bowed double bass by **Ross McLennan**, 
trumpet by **Yianni Rowlands**, alto sax by **Gideon Brazil**, and beautiful harmonies
and backing vocals from **Violet Kelly, Jeff Samin, Mandy Kerr, Ben Mason** and **
Tim Harvey**.   

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