Michael Knight

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First off, should you wish to be kept abreast of the ever-inexhaustible supply of exciting Michael Knight-related news and exotic happenings and sexual misunderstandings and gigs and the like, then do email us at michaelknight@yesboyicecream.com and we will relate all.



Michael Knight are a Berlin/Dublin-based indie pop band. A mutually parasitic but sadly inescapable marriage of the stylish black humour of Vladimir Nabokov and the sophisticated pop sensibilities of Burt Bacharach, sung deadpan and upholstered with tinkly pianos, loud guitars and sweeping strings.



Our new album I'm Not Entirely Clear How I Ended Up Like This is hitting the shops RIGHT ABOUT NOW, but if you prefer to avoid people and the potential for collecting germs, you can always have it DELIVERED by clicking on this button, this button here:



"So much that is original and unusual about away-from-the-mainstream music-making informs this second album from Richard Murphy and his collective: a sleeve like a tattered, secondhand book; lyrics presented in play-script form; a sprawling opening track of Swingle-Singers-on-the-lash vocal ravings; the threat that beneath the formal, chamber-pop structures, chaos lurks and dissonance hums; the primacy of the artistic vision, with nothing sweetening or diluting its purpose. Deluded misanthropists, defeated idealists, becalmed lovers, materialistic arrivistes and vengeful exes people the “11 Tableaux”, with Murphy’s laconic singing and Bacharachian progressions just about joining the dots. Pretty odd, but rather fine." The Sunday Times



"I'm not entirely clear why Richie Murphy isn't already a huge star in his own country.From the post-modern sleaze of 'Coronation Street' to the ironic triumph of the title track, Murphy's theatrical wit and daring sense of melody puts him on a footing with the likes of Stephen Merritt, Neil Hannon and even Noel Coward. A truly victorious album." State Magazine



Our previous album Youth Is Wasted On The Young can be obtained in old-fashioned physical format by clicking here



and in newfangled digital format at this link thanks to the nice people at www.indiecater.com



"Why Michael Knight aren't already huge is both baffling and beguiling; but there lies a persisting talent for songwriting within; sooner or later these songs will be discovered and consequently as eulogised as that hairy buffoon and his silly talking car are. I may as well say it in advance, then; I told you so." www.soundsxp.com

"Quirky and idiosyncratic, Youth Is Wasted On The Young is a singular debut. Full of harmonic vocals, swirling melodies and odd chord progressions, it's a complex yet accessible pop record" Hot Press

"There's a sophistication about Youth Is Wasted On The Young that's not found in many debuts, so redress the indignity of this album's criminal disregard and pick it up now" www.entertainment.ie

"Michael Knight's Richie Murphy is a writer of supremely beautiful songs which have a heart, a soul, a wry sense of humour and none of that upsetting necessity to make every lyrical couplet rhyme." In Dublin

".completely bowled over by "Waves To The Shore" with its gorgeous guitar tone and boy/girl vocal melodies.This is quite a lovely debut from this band, from the (mostly) fantastic songs to the attractive children's book-ish artwork. Nice!" www.indiepages.com

"This is the worst album I've heard all year" Mick Hucknall

"the most perfect summer indie-pop album in ten years" www.pennyblackmusic.com

"Highly impressive pop" Irish Independent

"Cruel but catchy indie anthem" Irish Times (Foals single review)

"Irresistibly catchy songs and feel-good melodies" Sunday Tribune



Here's a video for Leaving Town (from Youth Is Wasted On The Young).directed by Priya Sanghvi:



Entertain yourselves by trying to find the mistakes disguised as embellishments in this live video of Coronation Street, directed by Ricardo Segurado: