{"title":"Brijean","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrijean is a multi-talented artist, known for her skills as a percussionist, recording artist, touring musician, songwriter, and visual artist. She has made a name for herself playing percussion with Toro Y Moi and Poolside. With her father being the renowned percussionist Pat Murphy, music runs in her blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a multi-instrumentalist, Brijean brings a unique blend of sounds to her music. Her captivating performances and infectious beats have garnered attention from fans all over the world. Whether she's creating mesmerizing melodies or experimenting with different instruments, Brijean continues to push boundaries and create music that resonates with listeners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot only does Brijean excel in the world of music, but she also showcases her artistic talent through visual art. Her creativity knows no bounds as she explores various mediums to express herself visually. With an impressive repertoire of skills and experiences under her belt, Brijean is undoubtedly an influential figure in the music industry.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"feelings","title":"Feelings","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Do you feel what I feel too?” Brijean Murphy floats the question at the start of \u003ci\u003eFeelings\u003c\/i\u003e, the full-length Ghostly International debut from Brijean, her collaborative project with Doug Stuart. Guided by a lush mix of char- ismatic keyboard chords, grooving bass lines, and radiant bongo-driven rhythms, the \u003ci\u003eDay Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e lyric doubles as an invitation and a state- ment of intention. Brijean want you to move, physically, mentally, dimensionally; this is dance music for the mind, body, and soul. With \u003ci\u003eFeelings\u003c\/i\u003e, they’ve manifested a gentle collective space for respite, for self-reflection, for self-care, for uninhibited imagination and new possibilities. The album cultivates a specific vibe, a softness Murphy has come to call “romancing the psyche.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAforementioned album opener \u003ci\u003eDay Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e is a dynamic celebra- tion of newness: the excitement in finding deeper understandings of yourself as you get to know someone, something, or somewhere new. \u003ci\u003eWifi Beach\u003c\/i\u003e drops a pin in pure psych-pop exotica. With Atwal on drums, Stuart on bass, Peppers on keys, and Bear engineering, the group impro- vised the track’s intro sequence based on the vision of a lavish 1970s pool party. Establishing the scene is a mid-frequency drum kit disco shuffle augmented by tight congas and timbale effect, as Murphy sings in spurts: “I want to be \/ Deep in love \/ I want to be \/ Say you love me too \/ I want to be \/ Honey.” The stanzas cut between “reflective moments of wants and being overwhelmed by feelings of the present,” she explains. “A lot of the ‘love songs’ I write are to my psyche, self-reflections on how to encourage tender perspectives and make more time for the sweet stuff.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough there is a loose, dance-oriented motif throughout, the material gives way to somnolent turns. On\u003ci\u003e Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e, Brijean’s anodyne lyrics, remi- niscent of Astrud Gilberto’s airy croon, float atop a brushed drum pattern, sparkling rhodes lines, and pittering and softly funky woodblock bops. The opening line sets up the rest, “In this gentle space we lay” — among the album’s propensity for movement, tracks like \u003ci\u003eOcean\u003c\/i\u003e stand out by leaning back for momentary sways of blissful introspection. Murphy calls the charming Hey Boy a “psychedelic guide — the exploration of finding what feels good — through sorrow, anxiety, apathy.” This mentality applies to Feelings on the whole: in these nebulous and verdant worlds of hazy melodies, feathery hooks, and percussive details, the songs simply want us to feel alive. 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It finds percussionist \/ singer Brijean Murphy and multi-instrumentalist \/ producer Doug Stuart processing the impossible the only way they know how: through rhythm and movement. The months surrounding the acclaimed release of Feelings, their full-length Ghostly International debut in 2021 which celebrated tender self-reflection and new possibilities, rang bittersweet with the absence of touring and the sudden passing of Murphy’s father and both of Stuart’s parents. In a haze of heartache, the duo left the Bay Area to be near family, resetting in four cities in under two years. Their to-go rig became their traveling studio and these tracks, along with Angelo, became their few constants. Whereas Feelings formed over collaborative jams with friends, Angelo’s sessions presented Murphy and Stuart a chance to record at their most intimate, “to get us out of our grief and into our bodies,” says Murphy. They explored new moods and styles, reaching for effervescent dance tempos and technicolor backdrops, vibrant hues in contrast to their more somber human experiences. Angelo beams with positivity and creative renewal — a resourceful, collective answer to “what happens now?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngelo the car is a 1981 Toyota Celica they got off Craigslist during their first stint in Los Angeles, where Murphy and Stuart have since settled. “Such a bro-y, ‘80s dude car, it’s been super fun to drive around in a new town,” Murphy says. “He’s older than us, he’s a classic, he’s got a story.” It is a spiritual vehicle with a cinematic appeal, first dropping them off in an alleyway for the scene-setting intro, “Which Way To The Club.” The question is quickly resolved by “Take A Trip” as a cruising bassline mingles with crowd sounds, hand-claps, cuíca hiccups, whip-cracks, even a horse neigh. Brijean have found some club on this cross-dimensional trip — the kind of imagined space or chamber within one’s self capable of “shifting a fraction of who you are,” says Murphy. They wrote the track with the simple intention to be “as free as we could be,” adds Stuart, likening the flip on the B section to a realm unlocked: ”What if the world changed completely? You open the door to a new room.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNext is “Shy Guy,” a motivational anthem for the wallflowers among us. Murphy sets up the daydream: “We are in junior high, we’re on the dance floor, what’s going down, who is dancing, who is not, how are we gonna make them dance?” The narrator, the MC, hypes up the room as conga-driven rhythms bounce between languid synth and guitar lines. “Show me how to move...I feel something...I know you feel it too,” Murphy sings sweetly, calling back to the opening lines of Feelings, and this time the audience chants it back. It is easy to picture Brijean performing this one — something they only got to do a handful of times until more recently, opening shows for Khruangbin and Washed Out, an experience they found informative. Murphy explains, “It was inspiring to be out there and let loose more. To see how people can expand their expression on stage gave me more liberty with how I viewed my musicianship. My role for so long was to be a backup percussionist, so why would I ever leave the drums, you know? But then after playing all these runs, you see these artists and realize you can, you have permission.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Angelo” and “Ooo La La” deliver the danciest stretch in Brijean’s catalog to date. The title track adopts a deep house pulse replete with strings, hi-hats, and kicks. The latter opts for a funkier groove that foregoes verses in favor of warbled hums and extended breakdowns. What follows is perhaps the duo’s dreamiest run, a comedown initiated with the honey-hued interlude “Colors” drifting into “Where Do We Go?”, a tropicália reverie where Murphy contemplates the passage of time and space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt all culminates in “Caldwell’s Way,” a fond farewell to their Bay Area community — “a part of my life that I knew couldn’t come back,” says Murphy. Above shimmering organ sounds, lush strings, and the birdcall of their former neighborhood, she wistfully articulates the uncertainty of moving on by remembering the characters dear to them. There’s the wisdom of their neighbor, Santos, who refused payment when helping them move out: “I’d rather have 100 friends than 100 dollars.” And the song’s namesake, Benjamin Caldwell Brown, a friend and club night cohort for many years. “I’m only miles away, maybe I’m just feeling lonely,” the line resigns to warm nostalgia, and “Nostalgia” runs the closing credits to this healing and transportive collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ghostly International","offers":[{"title":"Pink LP","offer_id":50505569763659,"sku":"2009301","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Angelo_326e247e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727815141"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_09f6dc14_thumbnail_4096_eac3f226-41ac-4ddb-a432-38acf47ea341.jpg?v=1726988867","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/brijean.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}