Matt Murphy (Canadian musician)
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Matt Murphy is a Canadian musician.
He first achieved notice for his role in the mid-1990s band The Super Friendz, a power-pop act that was a prominent part of that period's Halifax music scene. Murphy formed the band with fellow King's College students Charles Austin and Drew Yamada. The three shared singing and songwriting duties, as was common in the democratically-oriented scene at the time, but Murphy was the standout performer.
After the Super Friendz dissolved in 1997, Murphy moved to Toronto and formed a new band, The Flashing Lights. That band featured a more polished, accomplished sound and achieved a degree of fame in Canada. Its members were bassist Henri Sangalang, organist Gaven Dianda, and drummer Steve Pitkin.
Murphy also guested as one of "Her Boyfriends" on The Virginian, the 1997 album by Neko Case and Her Boyfriends.
Murphy now splits his days between Halifax and Toronto and his musical time among a variety of projects. In 2003, The Super Friendz reunited for a new album and a brief tour, and Murphy played a show with his old Halifax country side project Little Orton Hoggett.
Future Flashing Lights projects are possible, and in 2004, he became a member of Toronto band City Field, in which he plays a smaller role, providing mostly backing rather than lead vocals. A new Super Friendz album is also in the works.
In 2005, Murphy branched out into acting, playing the lead role in the Canadian faux documentary The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico. He also scored much of the movie's music.
