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Peter Murphy: Silver Shade

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On May 9, 2025, “Metropolis Records” label released “Silver Shade”, the tenth Peter Murphy studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Youth.

Personnel:

  • Peter Murphy – vocals
  • Youth – guitar, bass
  • Michael Rendall – keyboards, synthesizer, strings. programming, recording, mixing
  • Eddie Banda – synthesizer, drums, percussion, programming
  • Justin Chancellor – bass
  • Amir John Haddad – oud, bouzouki, acoustic and electric guitar, flamenco guitar, handclaps
  • Boy George – vocals
  • Trent Reznor – vocals
  • Danny Carey – drums, percussion
  • Emilio DiZefalo – violin
  • Tim Dawson – additional engineering
  • Lore Young – engineering assistant
  • Tim Debney – mastering
  • Robert Hakalski – cover art, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Murphy and Martin Glover, except where noted.

  1. Swoon
  2. Hot Roy
  3. Sherpa
  4. Silver Shade – Peter Murphy, Paul Statham
  5. The Artroom Wonder
  6. Meaning of My Life
  7. Xavier New Boy
  8. Cochita is Lame – Peter Murphy, Kevin Haskins, Peter DiStefano, Eric Avery, Doug DeAngelis
  9. Soothsayer
  10. Time Waits – Peter Murphy, Mark Mason
  11. Sailmaker’s Charm
  12. Let the Flowers Grow – Peter Murphy, Boy George, Martin Glover

Mars Volta: The Bedlam In Goliath

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On January 29, 2008, “Gold Standard Laboratories” and “Universal Motown Records” labels released “The Bedlam in Goliath”, the fourth Mars Volta studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, at “Ocean Way Recording” in Hollywood, Rodriguez-Lopez’s home studio in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Omar Rodríguez-López.

Personnel:

  • Omar Rodríguez-López – guitar, synthesizers
  • Cedric Bixler-Zavala – vocals
  • Isaiah Ikey Owens – keyboards
  • Juan Alderete – bass
  • Thomas Pridgen – drums
  • John Frusciante – guitar
  • Owen Levine – double bass
  • Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez – percussion, keyboards
  • Adrián Terrazas-González – flute, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, percussion
  • Paul Hinojos – sound manipulation
  • Henry Trejo – “Because”s on “Agadez”
  • Nathaniel Tookey – string composition and arrangement
  • Edwin Outwater – strings conductor
  • Sam Bass – cello
  • Edwin Huizinga – violin
  • Anthony Blea – violin
  • Charith Premawardhana – viola

Track listing:

All lyrics Cedric Bixler-Zavala, all music by Omar Rodríguez-López.

  1. Aberinkula
  2. Metatron
  3. Hyena
  4. Wax Simulacra
  5. Tourniquet Man
  6. Cavalettas
  7. Agadez
  8. Askepios
  9. Ouroboros
  10. Soothsayer
  11. Conjugal Burns

Of Monsters and Men: Fever Dream

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On July 26, 2019, “Republic” label released “Fever Dream”, the third Of Monsters and Men studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson, Brynjar Leifsson, Kristján Páll Kristjánsson, Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson and Rich Costey.

Personnel:

  • Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, piano, keyboards, percussion, samples
  • Ragnar Þórhallsson – vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, keyboards, samples
  • Brynjar Leifsson – guitar, synthesizer, samples
  • Kristján Páll Kristjánsson – bass, synth bass, synthesizer
  • Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson – drums, percussion, synthesizer, piano, samples, programming
  • Steingrimur Karl Teague – piano
  • Viktor Orri Árnason – strings
  • Rich Costey – programming
  • Martin Cooke – engineer, programming
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • KT Pipal – mixing assistant
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Davíð Arnar Baldursson – design, layout
  • Ragnar Þórhallsson – design, layout
  • Jón Sæmundur – paintings

Track listing:

  1. Alligator
  2. Ahay
  3. Róróró
  4. Waiting for the Snow
  5. Vulture, Vulture
  6. Wild Roses
  7. Stuck in Gravity
  8. Sleepwalker
  9. Wars
  10.  Under a Dome
  11. Soothsayer