Count Vaseline

Count Vaseline Biography Count Vaseline is an alternative rock project founded in 2016 by songwriter, musician and producer ’Stefan Murphy’ during a creative spell in Berlin Germany. Following only a handful of live appearances in Germany, Count Vaseline decamped to the US to begin working on what would quickly become his first album ‘Yo No Soy Marinero’. The narrative of the record is very personal and details a difficult phase in Murphy’s life and creativity as well as a celebration of his trials and tribulations in Berlin. ‘’They almost let me into the Berghain, but then they got wise ‘when I accidentally puked in the Bouncers eyes” - Divebombing Making the decision to stay in the US was closely followed by a Presidential election that was going to send the universe into something of a tailspin. The rise of Donald Trump as well as a lot of depressing reading about the cyclical patterns in world politics quickly gave birth to The Count’s second album, the very minimal ‘Cascade’. “No Politics exists that will protect you from the horror of these times” - Cascade But it wasn’t all doom and gloom ‘Russia’, the forthcoming single, is designed to make the people dance!! The song was inspired by the documentary film ‘Hypernormalization’ and is a personal account of two lovers trying to break free from the constraints of the modern world. The song is deliberately performed at 117 beats per minute, the same BPM as Quincy jones / Michael Jacksons magnum opus ‘Billie Jean’, one of the most danceable tunes in history. RECENT PRESS SURROUNDING COUNT VASELINE’S CURRENT ALBUM ‘CASCADE’ VENTS MAGAZINE INTERVIEW [US] http://ventsmagazine.com/2017/05/04/interview-count-vaseline/ Joy Of Violent Movement [US] https://joyofviolentmovement.com/2017/04/27/new-audio-the-new-wave-inspired-sound-of-count-vaseline/ THE THIN AIR [IE/UK] ALBUM REVIEW 4/5 http://thethinair.net/2017/04/count-vaseline-cascade/ PASTE MAGAZINE [US] https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/04/count-vaseline-russiamp4.html VERBICIDE [US] http://www.verbicidemagazine.com/2017/03/29/song-premiere-count-vaseline-russia/ POPDUST [US] https://www.popdust.com/count-vaseline-bodies-song-premiere-2334953604.html NEW NOISE MAGAZINE // COUNT TALKS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH [US] http://newnoisemagazine.com/mental-health-count-vaseline-versus/# TONY CLAYTON LEA INTERVIEW // IRISH TIMES [IE] http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/count-vaseline-i-m-following-the-music-i-hear-in-my-head-1.2934354 IRISH ALBUM OF THE WEEK // NIALLER9 [IE] http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/nialler9-s-new-irish-music-new-jackson-count-vaseline-s%C3%ADomha-and-more-1.2960774 STELLAR REVIEW // HOTPRESS MAGAZINE [IE] 7/10 https://www.hotpress.com/Count-Vaseline/music/reviews/albums/Count-Vaseline--Cascade/19563350.html STELLAR REVIEW // IRISH TIMES [IE] 4/5 http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/album-reviews/count-vaseline-cascade-album-review-music-by-and-for-those-on-the-go-1.2934603 GOLDEN BOY PRESS [US] https://www.goldenboypress.com/single-post/2017/04/03/COUNT-VASELINE-CASCADE Psychedelic Pop with elements of Post-Punk, Noise, Shoegaze, Antifolk. Disciple of The Fall. Television Personalities. Suicide. Fat White Family, Ween and other such pop groups.