Traditional Techniques LP fg_Catalog Number_889854607524 & Patrick “Murph” Murphy

& Patrick “Murph” Murphy

He was already active during the era but not heard overhead in a cafe or salon

With each disc individually titled and presented in a thematically-arranged 10-song sequence (titles of the individual discs are ‘Til The Sun Goes Down

The project began as an experiment

it’s stuck there

Traditional Techniques LP fg_Catalog Number_889854607524 & Patrick “Murph” MurphyMalkmus breaks out his 12 string acoustic guitar and touches on half a century of folk rock reference points on his new album. Of course, this is Stephen Malkmus of Pavement and those great records with the Jicks, so this might be rootsy but it's also fresh, unpredictable, infectious and imaginative: "ACC Kirtan," "Xian Man," "The Greatest Own in Legal History," "Cash Up" and more tracks made with Matt Sweeney, Spooner Oldham and the Decembrists'