Lowlands Ep is the debut solo release by Joshua Murphy a Berlin based Australian Multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and club owner. The Ep was written in Berlin during 2019/20 with the ep being produced by Martin J Fielder, it is inspired by European funeral music and is played at a stately pace.
The Ep opens with The Killing Floor a very slow deep rumination on death and life with Joshua's deep baritone voice slowly evoking this classic tale, over atmospheric strings and piano, being somewhere between Nick Cave, The Tindersticks and Clem Snide, with chain gang percussion giving this a processional feel.
The Fault Was Lain There Too is slow deeply confessional song that feels like Leonard Cohen at his bleakest, the music keeps it's innate beauty, as you hope for some redemption before the courtroom makes its decision, hopefully as the lyrics suggest you will avoid all the violence.
Littered With Ghosts fades in as slowly and regally as can be, this feels like a eulogy for those lost in the last couple of terribly dark years, as the slowly building strings add poignancy to the reflective lyrics.
A Town With No Fear feels like a very slow showdown in a Sergio Leone film, something dreadful is about to happen, or has already happened, as Joshua sings of the violent love the bell keeps tolling, as the strings encircle him, as he leaves this violent place never to return.
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