MY RUIN vocalist Tairrie B. Murphy and guitarist Mick Murphy are featured in a new interview with Jonathan Taylor at Armchair Critic discussing their new album, Ghosts And Good Stories. An excerpt is available below:

Q: Ghosts And Good Stories’ seems to be much heavier in sound than your previous recordings, what do you think has influenced this?

TBM: "I would have to say that our growth as musicians and Mick’s getting more involved in the recording and producing side of things with each new album has definitely influenced our sound in many ways. I think we always try to keep the soul of our music true to who we are as a band with each record but it’s nice to experiment and try new ideas when we go in the studio."

MM: "Heavier songs just happened this time around. The record also has a big sound and that helps convey the heaviness more effectively as well."

Q: What is the most significant incident /event of your life, thus far, and what lasting effect has it had on you, both artistically and personally?

MM: "I have four events for this answer … hearing KISS Alive at age 4, in ‘75, getting a guitar for X-Mas ’83, starting a band just out of high school and learning about touring and living the rock life and meeting Tairrie in 2000."

TBM: "There have been many over the years including getting signed by Eazy E and releasing my first rap album, starting my first rock band MANHOLE and touring the world, watching Nick Cave sing live for the first time, starting My Ruin, meeting Mick, recording all the albums we have together and the many things we have gone through as a couple both good and bad over the years, including my car accident in 2006 which still affects me to this day. It’s really too hard to pinpoint one significant incident or event because a lifetime is filled with so many highs and lows and they all Affect you in different ways and for different reasons."

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My Ruin recently released a UK tour movie filmed on the band's recent jaunt through the country in support of Ghosts And Good Stories. Special guests for the tour were HEADCHARGER and SANCTORUM. The film, which was edited by Mick Murphy, keeps in theme with the band's outstanding catalogue of studio movies / album artwork and is "a fun and faced paced rock fueled look behind the scenes at the band on the road."

Check it out at the bottom of the page.

The tracklist for Ghosts And Good Stories, out now, is as follows:

'Diggin' For Ghosts'

'Long Dark Night'

'Excommunicated'

'Eyes Black'

'Money Shot'

'Abusing The Muse'

'La Cuidad'

'Suicide Tuesday'

'Saviourself'

'Malediction'

'Repose'

'Turned Out'

'Deathknell'

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