Peter Murphy’s “Swoon” Gets Electric Remix By Magic Wands…Original post-punk icon Peter Murphy issued ‘Swoon’ in February 2025 as the first single from ‘Silver Shade’, his widely acclaimed eleventh studio album released three months later on Metropolis Records. A majestic slice of synth-punk/funk, the song featured Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails on backing vocals and album producer Youth on bass.
A remix of ‘Swoon’ by the US dream-pop duo Magic Wands (Dexy and Chris Valentine) has been released as a single today.
“Our take on the song was about chasing a very specific feeling, like a kind of natural high,” they explain. “The goal was to build on the emotion in Peter’s vocal and surround it with a fast-moving, euphoric wash of guitars and synths, capturing the rush of a true swoon.”
Produced by Youth (Pink Floyd, The Verve, Crowded House, plus member of Killing Joke, The Orb, The Firemen) at his studio in Spain, ‘Silver Shade’ is Murphy’s eleventh studio album and a long-awaited follow-up to ‘Lion’, which the pair worked on together a decade prior. A symbiotic relationship born of artistic collaboration, Murphy has stated that “this album is as powerful as any of my work to date.”
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