Festival season has come to an end, but we're working hard on some new recordings and some new songs we're hoping to perform before the end of the year. We're also readying a collection of creepy live improvised recordings we'll be putting out on limited edition cassette/cd-r. A short animated film is in production to accompany one of our songs, which we'll be hosting a launch night for later this year.

Check out some excellent snaps of us at the Wickerman Festival here!

We're playing the Wickerman Festival in Scotland this weekend, on the acoustic stage at 4:30pm on Saturday. If you're there, try and saunter down from the Axis Reggae tent and we'll make it worth your while.

A select few Murmen will also be appearing at Kendal Calling next week as part of Johnny 5th Wheel and the Cowards.

New website and all sorts of media coming soon!

The IAI Festival was a delight. Also delightful is that we are a late addition to the Beatherder Festival lineup this coming weekend. Tickets are nearly sold out but there are some left at Ticketline. We're seriously excited to be playing.

Long time no update! First things first, we are playing at Imploding Acoustic Inevitable Festival at Fell Foot Wood in the Lake District (near Windemere) on Friday 18th June. Tickets are available from Stubmatic, priced at an amazingly cheap £30! Poster below...

Here's a podcast from Psychedelic Velveeta, featuring Neil Young, Oneida, and most importantly, us.

Here's a festive bestive podcast from Cloud Sounds where we feature alongside talk of St. Helens' big head sculpture and fellow townsfolk the Bordellos.

Here's a christmas song by the Whispers to blow away those boxing day hangover blues.


What more do you want, you Christmas fuck?

Good news! New music! A demo of the post-Doo-Wop Megaballad 'In Her Arms' is now available to listen to over on the myspace. It shows a new tenderness to the Tension Sound only previously hinted at, resplendent with lush lap-steel, pulchritudinous piano, and heavenly harmonies.

Your last chance to see us perform this year is a special Halloween gig at Drake's Zombie Safe House in Southport. Its also our first electric gig as a six-piece!
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The renegade leper has clawed his way into the 21st century. @wulffryder

Following his sick production skills on the Awkward Aura EP, almost impeccable gig attendance record this year, and recent on-stage appearances with us at our special acoustic performances, we're pleased to announce that Mike Stephens aka Count Telluric will be joining the ranks on a permanent basis, adding extra guitar and synthesizer to the mix!

Perhaps a little too late to mention, as it happened when we were away at the Wickerman festival last week, but 'Showdown' was played on Tom Robinson's Introducing show in the early hours of Sunday (26/07). Many thanks to Brian Bordello for lodging the request!!

Finally, here's a gift to you in the form of a 45 minute mixtape, something we're hoping to make a more regular fixture. Click 'read more' for tracklist and download link!
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Yep, you can now download the Awkward Aura EP from all good digital retailers, including iTunes, Amazon, and probably Emusic (though I'll be damned if I'm setting up an account with them to find out - does anyone use it anyway?!).

In other news, we've just been confirmed for this years Wickerman Festival, which is just smashing. We'll be on somewhere in the acoustic village, playing a special new set. We'll also be performing at Peace In The Park in Sheffield on 6th June, which looks quite special, and apparently culminates in a bonus secret fest in the Peaks. We love adventures!

Take care out there. x

Our debut EP is now available on digipak CD and digital download. If you'd like to own a beautiful slab of physical matter you can hold in your hands and share with your family, click the paypal link at the side of the page. If you'd like some new-fangled bytes of data you can stick in your ipod, which is also fine if you're into that kind of thing, head over to cdbaby. The EP costs £5, on whichever format you choose. It'll be available on iTunes in the coming weeks, though we can't say when, as they don't keep you posted with release dates or anything, which is baffling!

Hope you enjoy!