Alistair Murphy

I have written, performed and recorded music since the late seventies. This material has either been on my own or with the band Half Life. More recently I have been collaborating with Terry Stamp of Third World War, Tim Bowness of No-Man and the breathtakingly legendary Judy Dyble (with some help from her greyhounds).

The two most recent albums islands and Passing... represent polar opposites of my work. The former an extended suite of music inspired by the progressive music of the early seventies, the latter a singer/songwriter album. 

Passing… is available for purchase as a download, and islands as a CD here.

Passing...

It has been a twisted road to get to the point where this album is finally finished! The idea originally was to produce an album of songs rather than the type of extended pieces that made up islands or the rockier work of the last Half Life album. It was begun before I had started working with either Terry Stamp or Tim Bowness and recorded on analogue multi-track. I finished it on digital after completing Howling for the Highway Home by Terry Stamp.

Click below for lyrics and samples:

Passing - Alistair Murphy (2008)

islands - Alistair Murphy (2000)

Storm Damage - Half Life (2000)

Walking Out The Wall - Half Life (1995)

All of these albums are available for purchase here as CDs or in the case of ‘Passing’ as a  download.