In 1990 when Stef was a boy his dad scored the winning goal in the FAI Cup Semi Final for non league St. Francis against league giants Bohemians FC. This image is adapted from a photo by Phil Carrick was originally printed in The Irish Times in April of that year. It depicts the team celebrating their win in the dressing rooms of Tolka Park, Dublin In hymns of praise to the broken ones, I sang my soul to dust. And I laughed as my last penny turned to rust – Horrid Prayers Stefan Murphy releases a nine song solo record. Slow and Spiritual in its delivery – Fragments of a life story that has been arrested from the jaws of addiction and chaotic mental health and is in the process of being reassembled – Warm and deeply personal tales of survival and personal growth. 8 New Original Songs and a cover of All We Ever Got From Them Was Pain By Memphis legend Alex Chilton Stefan Murphy Has been active as an artist and organizer on the Irish Punk / Atl scene for many years. This is his first record under his own name. Released By Nashville Label Sweet Time but closer in Style to the gospel folk of Spiritualized than the irreverent styles of his heroes Mark E. Smith and Jonathan Richman with whom he has toured in former times (among countless other great artists)
