New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Today, Major Murphy - Jacob Bullard (guitar, vocals), Jacki Warren (bass, vocals), Brian Voortman (drums), and Chad Houseman (guitar, keys, percussion) - share the karaoke-style video for �Unfazed,� the latest single from their sophomore albumAccess, out April 02 on Winspear.
�Unfazed� finds Jacob Bullard and his bandmates reflecting on the mounting pressures of adulthood with an earnest but vulnerable hopefulness: �You know I�ll get there by any means possible / I tend philosophical, but I can�t spell it right,� sings Bullard, unspooling a melody Alex Chilton would be proud of. The song blooms into form on the chorus, as Jacki Warren�s vocal harmonies lend the lyrics a weary optimism.
Major Murphy�s Jacob Bullard and Jacki Warren � partners who are raising a young son together � were recently featured in Pond Magazine, discussing fashion and design, the importance of maintaining a creative environment, and how Jacki is �a lamp and chairs freak.� Read it here: https://bit.ly/3e4y8bG
And listen to a new mix from Jacki over at Slumber Magazine, where she shares songs that help her �tap into the mystic in the mundane�: https://bit.ly/3094o5k
Recorded at Russian Recording in Bloomington, IN between late 2018 and early 2020 with Mike Bridavsky and Ben Lumsdaine,
Access finds the Grand Rapids, MI-based group summoning an exhilarating, teenage feeling of musical possibility as they navigate the uncertainty of artistic life and Jacob & Jacki�s newfound parenthood. It�s already been pegged as one of Vice Noisey�s 10 Albums That Will Get You Excited For 2021, and has received further praise from The FADER, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan and more � see below.
As Katie Crutchfield (Waxahatchee) writes in the
Access bio: "it's an album that�s remarkably cohesive - a striking relic in an age where ardent and true �album-making� is a fading art form. In nine songs, it somehow takes a listener backwards & forwards at once, reckoning with intrinsic anxieties while conceptualizing a fantastical and vibrant happening, soothing in its familiar, occasionally childlike tone.�
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Access here: https://smarturl.it/mm-access
PRAISE FOR MAJOR MURPHY & ACCESS:
"a feat of endurance that has frontman Jacob Bullard and his bandmates working toward a more patient and empathetic existence through crescendoing repetition.� � The FADER
"a chugging and expansive rocker built around some indelible harmonies between Jacob Ballard and Jacki Warren and a sweeping sense of forward momentum." � Stereogum
�jagged and anthemic...fuzzier and way more ambitious than what came before.� � Vice Noisey
�slow-building widescreen indie rock.� � Brooklyn Vegan
�elegant, shimmering pop, tinged with a slice of Americana...a chugging, slow burning triumph.� � Secret Meeting
ACCESS TRACKLIST:
1. Access
2. Attention
3. In the Meantime
4. Unfazed
5. Real
6. Rainbow
7. Tear It Apart
8. Flower
9. Blind
