TOWARDS THE SUN

TOWARDS THE SUN

Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Alexi Murdoch s second record Towards the<br>Sun is a follow-up to his 2006 release Time Without Consequence. Murdoch s<br>debut cemented him as a Top Ten Artist to Watch in Rolling Stone. NPR Music<br>called it a timeless folk-pop record that s likely to endure. Riding a groundswell<br>of grassroots support, Murdoch chose to self-release Time Without Consequence.<br>It ultimately sold over 100,000 copies -- and continues to sell briskly a half<br>decade after initial release.<br>Though his second record has been long in coming, Murdoch has remained in<br>the public eye. His debut was one of the most licensed albums of the decade,<br>receiving placements in dozens of fi lms and television shows. Later, after<br>appearances on KCRW s Morning Becomes Eclectic and WXPN s World Café, <br>he was tabbed by director Sam Mendes to contribute nine songs to the soundtrack<br>for the acclaimed 2009 fi lm Away We Go, alongside tracks by the Velvet<br>Underground, Bob Dylan, George Harrison & the Stranglers.<br>Murdoch recorded the majority of Towards the Sun in Vancouver in a single night<br>while on tour in North America in 2009. Revisiting the tracks months later in New<br>York, he fl eshed them out with the help of musicians known for their work in<br>Brooklyn s independent music scene, including Jon Natchez (Beirut), Kelly Pratt<br>(Beirut) and Kyle Resnick (The National).