"Silver Shade” is his tenth solo outing and, cliche as it may sound, it was worth the wait... Murphy has never sounded better. His voice is deep, strong and melodic. He does more with a yell than any other artist. Silver Shade is a perfect album from an elder spokesman. Many younger artists have tried to emulate Murphy, but he is, and always has been, the real deal. He sets his own rules, standards and we are all better off for it. Silver Shade is a brilliant album and a welcomed return from a friend who has been very missed. 9/10"

📷 Ten Ten Creative

  Find it here: https://spillmagazine.com/spill-album-review-peter-murphy-silver-shade/

"Given all the twists and turns of Peter Murphy’s career over nearly half a century, 2025’s SILVER SHADE could just as easily have been a relaxed and low-key effort taking stock of time. But the remarkable thing about SILVER SHADE, his first studio album since 2014’s LION and like that album produced by another longtime veteran, Youth, is that it shows Murphy still up for explorations and possibilities, not to mention happily still in possession of that strong distinct voice much in the same way Robert Smith similarly has his.” - Ned Raggett https://theshfl.com/album/Silver-Shade

📷 Giuseppe Steele

“It’s been a while coming, listening back this morning, worth every second of the wait. So honoured to be a part of this masterpiece. It’s one of best records I’ve ever made. Peter is such a powerful force of nature. He doesn’t have to do anything …He just is.

It’s a fearless show, a grand reveal, it’s an epic movie. It’s punk, post punk, electronic cold, hot glam dandy, camp and dangerous. It’s a Sinatra, Iggy, Bowie séance, black velvet over an iron fist. Dark, black shiny night and blinding bright white. Epic emotional and intimate, vast and tiny, polished and raw….channeling the collective soul of the Earth through an obsidian prism of joy and defiance. I could go on…..

….With the direction, we’ve avoided a few terrains and dived in deeply to others, that juxtaposition paradoxically makes it sounds quite unique and or out there on its own but there are parallels. Scott Walker, Brecht and other great baritones, Ulver for their polished metal pop sheen. Euro electro, ambient, glam, trance it’s all in there . There’s a fair bit of prog too, King Crimson is close and of course having Danny (Carey) and Justin (Chancellor) from Tool on board brings that closer to home, juxtapose all that with another great baritone, Boy George, and then Trent too, it’s a feast for the eyes and ears. I’ve been listening on repeat and it still throws me on the floor…”

SILVER SHADE is out now.

📷 Jerome Sevrette

“‘Silver Shade’ slithers into life with a sinuous guitar that leads into a throbbing verse and spikier scattered chorus. It’s just wonderful to hear and might even be my song of the year so far…

…There’s almost a tear by the time we get to the final moment here: the beautifully rendered ‘Sailmakers Charm’ which sees Murphy at his most emotive. It’s a song that swells and grows and rises from the earth to the air emboldened by the subdued storm of gathering orchestration that allows the lyrical refrain to just rise with each repetition. It’s a masterpiece.

Murphy is one of the very few that I would level the accusation that he creates art rather than just makes music, but all these years after hearing his first words he’s lost none of the power or mystery or wonder that had me hooked in the first place. This is a record that gives so much and wakes the imagination. We need music like this in our lives to remind us that there is so much out there still to discover. 9.5/10”

-Mark Diggins. www.therockpit.net

SILVER SHADE is out now.

📷 Nemanja Dordevik

“Peter Murphy, gothic oracle, sonic shapeshifter, and high priest of art-damaged decadence, has stormed out of the crypt with a record so alive it practically kicks you in the teeth for assuming he had mellowed.

…Murphy could have coasted. He could’ve slapped a few atmospheric loops under his vocal and called it a "mood piece" for fans of Deep to cry into their eyeliner. Instead, he threw himself headfirst into the abyss, embracing dissonance, grandeur, absurdity, and vulnerability in equal measure. At this age, with this history, playing it safe is the true danger. Murphy sidesteps that trap with the grace of a seasoned heretic —never pandering, never posturing, just bleeding truth through a meticulously crafted kaleidoscope of sound. And that's the true miracle of Silver Shade. It doesn't just give long-time fans something to chew on-it challenges them to shed their nostalgia and meet Murphy in the present. …In a world obsessed with youthful spectacle and algorithmic sameness, Murphy emerges as a necessary anomaly, an elder alchemist proving that real creativity doesn't retire-it roars.” -Joe Daly

Full review at https://www.joedaly.net/blog/peter-murphy-silver-shade-baritone-of-the-beast-prophet-of-the-now

📷 Ekaterina Gorbacheva

The wait is FINALLY over for Peter Murphy’s highly anticipated and critically acclaimed new studio album, Silver Shade.

Produced by Youth. Released by Metropolis Records.

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📷 Bobby Talamine JBTV

“…there are musical elements that SILVER SHADE owns that are unadulteratedly indisputable: Every song is unique yet extremely cohesive to one body of work, and there is something to be revered by every era of Peter Murphy fan. The artist’s vocal performance here is just as magnificent as it was 45 years ago … maybe even better.” GOLDMINE MAGAZINE

📷 Bobby Talamine

"Artists age differently—it comes through in their work. Some turn contemplative, some opt for acceptance, some even refuse to admit they’re getting older (looking at you, Rolling Stones). On Silver Shade, famed Bauhaus vocalist and post-punk pioneer Peter Murphy reveals how he chooses to face his golden years: with an album of grand, baroque defiance you can dance to... His music’s dark, pulsing beats and synths are joined by soaring guitars and occasional orchestration, expanding his palette to sound more cinematic, even operatic. It all makes the album’s subject matter—aging, art, and the impact of time on both—sound less like personal asides and more like epic proclamations. As with time itself, the album never stops moving, relentlessly propelling listeners forward even when they might want a break. It’s Murphy’s cry for raging back against the dying of the light... Silver Shade is what we can all hope to be at 67: imperfect, maybe expected, but also loud, lively, and unapologetically ourselves. By embracing an outlook only earned by age, Peter Murphy is still finding new shades four decades into his illustrious career."

Find it here: https://www.spin.com/2025/05/peter-murphys-new-album-is-a-grand-baroque-defiance-you-can-dance-to/

📷 Steve Jennings/Wire Image

After an 11 year wait, the suspense is almost over.

If you haven’t already heard the pre-release singles, “Let the Flowers Grow” (with Boy George), “Swoon”, and “The Artroom Wonder”, find previews of these songs plus purchase link for the full album CD, vinyl, download, and the very limited edition 2LP Silver vinyl at Peter’s Bandcamp: https://petermurphy.bandcamp.com/album/silver-shade

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Produced by Youth. Released by Metropolis Records

📷 Tim Griffin

Acclaim from the UK:

His ability to conjure up romanticised imagery from sometimes abstract but descriptive verse sets him apart from his peers. An album that oozes quality BLITZED

It’s all high drama, dark figures and wild impulses. Hugely entertaining, and when Murphy sings ‘this is the meaning of my life’, you don’t doubt it for a second MOJO

A deliciously bubbling cauldron seasoned with ladles of Scott Walker melodrama and a generous pinch of Bowie-inspired balladry 8/10 UNCUT

📷E Gabriel Edvy

Great interview with Peter in the June issue of Mojo. Find the full interview here https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/stories/peter-murphy-interviewed/

Some excerpts:

There's a quote by you that reads: “I’m like Bowie, Iggy, Frank Sinatra, Elvis all rolled into one.” It’s quite the assertion! Well, I’m cheeky sometimes, aren’t I? But there’s a personal perspective of truth in that. Bowie gave permission to be artful, strange, elegant, alien. Iggy gave the animal; the raw, unfiltered body. Sinatra had control. Authority in phrasing. And Elvis… well, Elvis had that channel, that supernatural ease. They all understood that singing is not just sound, it’s energy transfer. So do they possess me? Not like ghosts. More like tools in a box I can reach for when needed. They remind me of what’s possible.

Do you have any advice or words of comfort for the bald? Own it. The hat sits better and you never have to worry about a bad hair day again. Baldness is a crown, not a compromise. The light hits differently, and frankly, it’s a bit 
more aerodynamic for spiritual transmission.

Tell us something you’ve never told an interviewer before.
 I will tell you three things. I have a really fat cat at home. A fox bit me once on my foot. I healed a sick bat that flew in through my window.

Silver Shade will be released 9 May.

📷 Julia Lofstrand

Music Republic Magazine recently featured Peter in their “Track Record” feature, which previewed his upcoming release Silver Shade and where he answered their questions about some of his favorite music . Find the link to the entire article here:

https://musicrepublicmagazine.com/2025/04/peter-murphy-bauhaus-track-record/

Out today (on Bandcamp and all major streaming platforms) and on Peter Murphy’s upcoming album Silver Shade, to be released 9 May, 2025.

https://petermurphy.bandcamp.com/album/the-artroom-wonder

“‘The Artroom Wonder’ is an echo from my fourth year at senior school. Daniel Ash and I are listening to the mysterious sixth-year cool intelligentsia that have gathered in the artroom. We have dared to enter their conclave, and the music coming from it was intriguing. We discover that the song being played is ‘The Bewlay Brothers’, highly intelligent, mystical and sensual, with the singer’s voice as seductive as anyone I’d ever heard."-Peter Murphy

The song features Tool’s Justin Chancellor on bass, one of many guest musicians on Murphy’s album which will be released on double vinyl (with color variants), CD, and digital formats on 9 May. Produced by Youth, the album is the second album that the pair have worked on together since 2014’s Lion.

📷 E Gabriel Edvy

Peter Murphy’s highly anticipated new album Silver Shade, his first new studio album since 2014’s acclaimed Lion, reunites Peter with producer Youth and features 12 new original songs.

Available on digital download, CD, and limited edition 2 LP Black vinyl. Limited edition 2 LP Silver vinyl exclusive to Bandcamp. Silver Shade will be released on 9 May, 2025.

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A very limited number of festival passes are still available. Full line up announcement and festival information at https://meraluna.de/en/

Purchase download at https://petermurphy.bandcamp.com/album/swoon

Listen at https://youtu.be/ZPOgRAQdbtQ

The forthcoming new album Silver Shade will be available 9 May, 2025.

Produced by Youth, it is the second album that the pair have worked on together since 2014’s Lion. A symbiotic relationship born of artistic collaboration, Silver Shade is, as Peter recently attested, “as powerful as any of my work to date.”

📷 Chad Kelco