{"id":1537,"date":"2014-06-13T11:59:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T15:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2014-06-19T09:54:57","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T13:54:57","slug":"peter-murphy-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/peter-murphy-lion\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Murphy <br>Lion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Peter_Murphy-Lion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1538\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Peter_Murphy-Lion.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Murphy, Lion\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Peter_Murphy-Lion.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Peter_Murphy-Lion-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>No one ever wants to be labeled. Who wants to be considered \u201calternative?\u201d Bands may want to actively shrug the tags, but after a certain point, what can you do? It becomes a bigger sticking point the longer an act exists, even more so when that act plays a part in creating a genre. Such is the case with Peter Murphy. Many people cite Bauhaus\u2019 1979 single \u201cBela Lugosi\u2019s Dead\u201d as the first goth rock song, and thus the band, comprised of Murphy, Daniel Ash, David J. and Kevin Haskins, has forever been labeled as goth. It wasn\u2019t something they actively courted, as it wasn\u2019t a thing when they formed, and you could just as easily categorize them as a post-punk band. But that\u2019s not what stuck. So be it by hook or crook, you are what you have been perceived to be, and like it or not, Murphy is the declared godfather of goth. Which means that everything he has subsequently done is viewed through that lens, including his 10th and latest solo record, <i>Lion<\/i> (Nettwerk Records).<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no mistaking whose album it is when it comes to Murphy, as what he does is very specific. That specificity, however, doesn\u2019t translate to doing the same thing over and over again. Instead, it\u2019s like a combination of taking the same ingredients and tweaking them slightly to come up with something new, while at the same time resonating so strongly that it takes on a timeless quality. As such, <i>Lion<\/i> is unmistakeable as a Peter Murphy album, which is both a good and a bad thing. On the one hand, it\u2019s admirable to not chase trends. On the other, it\u2019s nice when there\u2019s an attempt to contemporize. <i>Lion<\/i> could have come out at nearly any point in Murphy\u2019s career. Perhaps, it\u2019s the influence of Killing Joke\u2019s Youth on production. Maybe he wanted Murphy in a comfortable place. Or perhaps it was purely by accident that the instrumentation and the arrangements scream throwback. It\u2019s telling that the most unique track is the opener, \u201cHang Up,\u201d which is reminiscent of David Bowie\u2019s <i>Outside<\/i>, itself a tapping into the goth and industrial movements.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not to say that <i>Lion<\/i> is bad record or that familiarity breeds contempt. In fact, Murphy&#8217;s voice is startling clear, his trademark baritone being utilized in a much higher register and a much more unrestrained manner than in the past. And while in interviews there\u2019s been talk that much of the record\u2019s lyrics were written on the fly, his dark stanzas are poetic as ever. But it\u2019s also a record that offers no real sense of surprise. It\u2019s Murphy essentially doing what he always does, which may be what you want, but it also would have been nice to have some unexpected moments. There are a number of good, even great songs on the record, but somehow the greatest emotion it conjures is nostalgia, though Murphy doesn\u2019t overtly wallow in the mire. Overall, though, <i>Lion<\/i> is ultimately inconsequential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No one ever wants to be labeled. 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