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Double Agent

by Murphnick

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'Double Agent' is the new single and video by Murphnick, the artist formerly known as NIck Murphy, co-founder and former co-singer-songwriter of much-loved Melbourne pop psych outfit The Anyones.

'Double Agent' is the second single from Strange Ride, a collection of songs heavily influenced by country rock, folk and soul, and referencing the likes of The Byrds, Stones, Beatles, Delfonics, Neil Young, Television and Pavement.

Nick says 'Double Agent' was "loosely based on travelling alone through Asia when I was 19, meeting a friend from Denmark and having a ball." And then it "turned into an espionage story..."

Strange Ride is also the first album Nick has released under his new name. The name change wasn't something Nick wanted to undertake; it was something he was ultimately forced to do after the artist formerly known as Chet Baker, in 2016, reverted to his birth name, which also happens to be Nick Murphy.

Says our Nick of the name change: "(The other Nick Murphy) originally became Chet because of me. Friends and fans of his were attending my shows, seeing the wrong Nick. His transition back to being NM came with a big publicity push, online and on the street. He was everywhere. Images of him were next to my songs online, and before I knew it, I had been removed from a famous online music platform. My legal options were limited. I was lost to the determinations of dominant search engines, no one could find me."

Hence, Nick Murphy became Murphnick.

lyrics

My double agent, my young renegade,
You disappeared when our best plans were laid,
On foreign colonial shores we were placed,
My heart in its grave,
Confused and so crazed,
Yes, but when we were together, we could’ve changed the world!

Somebody saw you on Rouge Aprapo,
You were in disguise, your expression was closed,
Affiliated with whom I don’t know,
Whose language you spoke,
Your tone oh so low,
Oh, the endless conversations, adventures every day…

Who you working for? Someone higher than the law?
Who you working for? Took it to the highest floor?
Who you working for, tell me who you working for?

Those letters faded now I can’t explain,
How every word radiates from the page,
Some full of elation, some filled with rage,
The laughter and pain, the tragic refrain…
Oh, whatever made you happy was a mystery to me,
In the sleepless hours, I still wonder where you are…

credits

released June 16, 2023
Words and music by Nick Murphy
Nick Murphy - guitars, vocals, bass and keys
Al Barden - drums
Tim Harvey - backing vocals
Ben Mason - backing vocals

Produced by Nick Murphy, Marcel Borrack and Tim Harvey
Mixed by Marcel Borrack and Tim Harvey
Mastered by Marcel Borrack

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Murphnick Melbourne, Australia

Co-creator and co-song-writer for Australian psychadelic rock/pop act, The Anyones, Nick has released 2 highly acclaimed solo records, "Breaking The Light" and "What's In Your Mind?". 3rd album, "Strange Ride", is out 31st March 2023.

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