Bauhaus’ Peter Murphy, Tool’s Justin Chancellor Team Up On ‘The Artroom Wonder’

Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy has teamed up with Tool bassist Justin Chancellor for a new single, titled “The Artroom Wonder.”

“‘The Artroom Wonder’ is an echo from my fourth year at senior school,” Murphy commented. “[Former Bauhaus bandmate] 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.”

He added, “[‘The Artroom Wonder’] has a surreal approach, telling the story in my typical oblique style, including the description of a lowdown that leads into an evocation of the perfected human being, the Prophet Muhammad (may peace be upon him). The final verse celebrates my own self-advancing and position on this.”

The song will appear on Murphy’s forthcoming solo album Silver Shade, which was produced by Killing Joke bass player Youth. The project will also include “Swoon,” a recently released collaborative single with Nine Inch Nails‘ Trent Reznor as well as the previously released “Let the Flowers Grow,” featuring Boy George. The LP is due out May 9 via Metropolis Records.

Silver Shade Tracklist:

1. Swoon (with Trent Reznor)
2. Hot Roy
3. Sherpa
4. Silver Shade
5. The Artroom Wonder
6. Meaning Of My Life
7. Xavier New Boy
8. Cochita Is Lame
9. Soothsayer
10. Time Waits
11. Sailmaker’s Charm
12. Let The Flowers Grow (with Boy George)

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