You Really should Come to the House, by P. Murk 怖呜

You Really should Come to the House

by P. Murk 怖呜

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1.	Miniature 01:20	buy track
2.	Apple 02:12	buy track
3.	Childhood is a Human Water 04:22	buy track
4.	朝着眼睛 04:00	buy track
5.	Nudità 01:38	buy track
6.	人们有一口井 04:00	buy track
7.	I've Been An Awkward Person Most Of My Life 02:16	buy track

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Magie is the title of a poem by Henri Michaux where the protagonist spent twenty years struggling to put himself into an apple in pursuit of serenity.

Beijing-born, Paris-based musician P. Murk pictures writing an imaginary letter to his friend before fixing himself in an apple. The letter guides its recipient, step by step, to the musician’s room and to his table on which placed the apple, P. Murk’s new humble abode.

You Really Should Come to the House is the latest EP from P. Murk, a lo-fi musician who somewhat distances himself from local music scenes. While still a DIY recording, the new EP (which started off as a soundtrack for an exhibition which never happened) deviate from the musician’s previous efforts, the rhythm-centric art-rock of Luftmensch and the autoharp-driven lo-fi sound of Vernal. Instead, the new EP turns to a more melodic, studied yet highly subdued sound.

A Bachelardian pursuit to the oneiric childhood is present throughout the record. P. Murk tries to (futilely) recall his earliest memories of music, be it from TV, radio or in the street. “A scene that popped into my mind a lot while writing this EP is that of a child sitting alone in a room by dusk listening to the music coming out from the radio placed in front of him. I wanted to write that music.”

Lending a hand to help achieve this dreamlike sound is musician Sijiang Chen, frontwoman of Hiperson, who co-wrote and contributed spoken words to two songs from the record.

Unbounded by musical styles or tools, You Really Should Come to the House is lo-fi in its core yet delicate and subtle on the outside. Push open the door and the clocks will start running backwards.

亨利·米肖有一首诗叫《Magie》，讲一个人为了寻求清静，花了二十年的时间把自己装进了一个苹果里。

音乐人 P. Murk（怖呜）在想象中写一封信，把自己放进苹果之前给朋友寄出去。信里引导收信人，从下公交车一步步走进自己的房间，走到桌子前找到他从此寄居的苹果。You Really Should Come to the House，也是他新 EP 的名字。

怖呜是北京生人，目前住在巴黎。多年来他在中国法国两地迁徙，在生活的间隙里录制一些音乐，和真实在地的音乐场景保持着不温不火的距离。他曾独立发行的几张专辑和EP，有的是以节奏为导向的独立摇滚，有的是使用自鸣竖琴（auto-harp，一种可以演奏和弦的筝形原声乐器）的民谣哼唱，尽管风格多样但都呈现着一致的 DIY 美学。

新 EP 《You Really Should Come to the House》延续了此前的 lo-fi 策略，却转向一种更加注重旋律性的朴素美学。这些作品始于一次展览配乐，然而展览半途而废没了下文，怖呜的创作却在继续，待 EP 完成的时候已经完全独立于展览了，但延续其底色成为一张安静、内敛的音乐作品。

现实生活总是干涩、笨拙又倦怠，与之相对的童年的印象却幽远又滋润。怖呜试图捕捉自己对于音乐的最初记忆，可能是从收音机，电视上，或是街上听到的“音乐”，即使它们如印象派画作一般的模糊：“一个经常出现在我脑子里的场景就是一个小孩儿，傍晚一个人在房间里听着放在自己面前的录音机，我就特别想为这个场景配个乐。”

《Apple》交代了整张 EP 一些重复出现的元素，大段像是收音机里传出的法语念白，是怖呜在朗读亨利·米肖的诗；《Childhood Is A Human Water》是他为想象中的电影所做的配乐，童年的家，水与梦，齐齐向他涌来；《朝着眼睛》和《人们有一口井》都与海朋森乐队主唱陈思江合作完成，她的念白与哼唱带来了许多真正让这些歌曲成型的元素；《I’ve Been An Awkward Person Most of My Life》的标题是他的真实写照，为了加强这个主题，他采用了即兴念白并且只录一遍的方式，像一件古怪的偶发艺术作品。

怖呜的创作从不受工具和想象力的限制，名为低保真，《You Really Should Come to the House》却如一幅精巧的声音细密画，推开这座房子的门，记忆的独角兽就开始旋转。

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released August 24, 2020

All songs written by P. Murk, except track 4 & 6 by P. Murk & Sijiang Chen

P. Murk: vocals, keyboards, autoharp, additional instrumentation, production & mixing
Sijiang Chen: vocals
Nanxing Li: guitars, production, mixing & mastering

Claudia Torán: artwork & layout

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