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SUMMARY:Smidley
LOCATION:Songbyrd
DESCRIPTION:Instead of letting Smidley devolve into a desperate vanity proj
 ect or walking away from music entirely\, Conor Murphy is immersing himsel
 f in his own potential. In the past ten years\, Murphy the person and Smid
 ley the band have come to exist beyond the mere creative overflow left une
 xplored in his work with Foxing. It’s a common and often perfunctory dil
 emma for an artist coming from a recently defunct ensemble. Through his ow
 n growth in and out of Smidley\, though\, art and life itself have entered
  into an ongoing cycle of redefinition. This redefinition isn’t a destin
 ation\, but a new pathway paved by Murphy’s gratitude for and security i
 n the artist\, husband\, and man that he’s become. Smidley’s third alb
 um\, Murphy Horse\, soundtracks this journey.\n\nThe ephemerality of the p
 resent\, and any confidence in it\, is often simultaneously an artist’s 
 greatest fear and motivation. Murphy\, fearing the end of his dream\, bega
 n taking stock of his legacy and life. As Foxing continued to hunch under 
 the emotional ceiling they’d hit\, Smidley\, which existed tangentially 
 to Foxing\, would become more and more of an outlet for Murphy and Foxing 
 bassist Brett Torrence\, now on guitar\, to continue writing and composing
 . During this time\, Smidley began to transition from a closely sung\, pre
 dominantly folky project to a more ambitious indie pop and rock ensemble c
 ompleted by bassist Mitch Renfrew and drummer Jack Middeke.\n\nMurphy Hors
 e begins and largely resides at a crossroads in his life\, each song a rep
 resentation of Murphy’s inner conflict between his personal and professi
 onal selves.\n\n“I’ve always hoped I could end my career in music with
  dignity and greet death as an old friend\,” says Murphy. “The hardest
  part of that is trying to actually recognize death when it comes. So rath
 er than pack it in and find an honest job\, I decided to put the crossroad
 s on display.”\n\nBoletos: https://dice.fm/event/k65v2o-smidley-26th-oct
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