Between nostalgia and emotion, Chet Faker is back

It is a dented sun after a storm. A light that filters from a cloud. Chet Faker returns today with the splendid melancholy atmosphere of “Far Side of the Moon”the first unpublished song after the 2023 single, “Something like this”. In just over three minutes, Nick Murphy – The singer -songwriter, musician and producer winner of five Aria Award who hides behind the Chet Faker project – drags the listener into an emotional journey, transforming the confusion and nostalgia for a love ended up in words. With “Far Side of the Moon”, Murphy places himself as the voice of a slightly lost and spoxated generation, giving a vivid portrait of a love that fades, and of that subtle border between dedication and despair.

He himself said about the song: “It is about striking too much for someone who loves you, to the point that this is no longer healthy for the relationship”. Since 2011 Nick Murphy has traced a path whose form of success has found. With his first EP as Chet Faker, “Thinking in Textures”he won the prizes such as Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Best Independent Single/EP at the Australian Independent Records Awards, consolidating his reputation as a nascent star. In the following years he took off in the pop panorama, always maintaining an alternative vein: his “no diggity” cover of the Blackstreets was used in a super bowl spotand his first album “Built on Glass” (2014) debuted directly in first place in Australia and beyond, giving Hit as “Gold” and “Talk is cheap” – the latter conquered the top of the Triple J’s Hottest 100 – and taking five air Awards at home. With over a billion streams on the assets and a career marked by a moving creativity, Murphy has always followed his way, even when he was against the current – collaborating with artists such as Flume and Marcus Marr, and publishing several albums also acclaimed in his name. In 2021 he returned to the origins with “Hotel Surrenter”signed by Chet Faker again (here our interview), containing the hit “Low”. In a path made of continuous transformations, “Far Side of the Moon ”is a return that comes like a caress.