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Who is Ali Murray?
Ali Murray is a Scottish-Filipino songwriter/musician from the cold windy Isle of Lewis, in the north of Scotland. He wrote and released a number of works under his own name between 2010 and 2025 via his own ''label'' - Dead Forest Records.
His music is generally considered to be a unique blend of ambient psych-folk and acoustic dreampop, with some elements of shoegaze, post-punk and dark electronica thrown into the mix.
You can Stream/Buy/Download his entire discography in the Releases section of the website, or at the Bandcamp link below...
Ali Murray also writes and releases music under various other artistic aliases and monikers, which you can find in the Other Projects section of the website.
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PRESS / REVIEWS
"Ethereal folk at the edge of the world"
- Make Your Own Taste
"The best-kept secret of the northern reaches of Scotland"
- Rosy Overdrive
"Authenticity as a form of integrity has always been a cornerstone of Murray’s sound; that ethos lingers within this anthology of honesty, written without apology or expectation, driven purely by the need to transmit bare, melancholic truth from a cold, wet rock in the middle of nowhere..."
- Amelia Vandergast
''Anyone who's already familiar with Murray's immense body of work should be well-acquainted with his signature amalgamation of sorrowful alt-folk, ethereal ambient dreamscapes and existentialist pop. It seems like he's on a constant pursuit to unveil the sad truths of this world." - Fog Songs
"Haunting, sometimes bleak imagery is employed in the service of describing the thoughts of a troubled soul, of loss, longing and the desperate desire for a meaningful life. No singer-songwriter of today navigates the landscape of isolation with as much poignancy as Ali Murray." - Allister Thompson, The Gateless Gate
''The songs are full of imagery, nature reimagined as pain, the loneliness of the Cosmos painted in sound on a skyscraper guitar...dark hymns to loneliness, heartbreak, and emotional turmoil, with enduring hope in the face of adversity.''
- Graeme Domain, Monolith Cocktail
"Murray's work is desolate and haunted but also comforting and mysterious.''
- Heresiarch Reviews
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