MY RUIN Announces Rhythm Section For U.K. Tour

December 7, 2010

MY RUIN — the Los Angeles-based band featuring the husband-and-wife rock duo of vocalist Tairrie B. Murphy and multi-instrumentalist Mick Murphy — has recruited bassist Luciano Ferrea (BEGGARS BALL) and drummer Matt LeChevalier as the rhythm section for the group's upcoming U.K. tour.

Commented Tairrie: "We met Luciano back in 2007 when his band played Mick's birthday show at the now-defunct Safari Sam's in Hollywood with us.

"Great bass players are hard to find, and when we began our search for a new rhythm section there was only one who came to both our minds at the same time, and strangely enough, it was Luciano. We both remembered how he rocked and as fate would have it, everything magically seemed to work out the way we had hoped it would.

"Luciano is originally from Argentina but these days he resides in the City of Angels and over the past few months we've been getting to know him and what a great guy he is. He's also a killer bass player and we can't wait to introduce him to everyone!"

Regarding LeChevalier's addition to MY RUIN, Tairrie said, "LeChevalier recorded our 2008 album 'Throat Full of Heart' with us and is the drummer in our 'Ready For Blood' video. Matt also toured the U.K. with MY RUIN twice in 2006 for our 'Brutal Language' and 'Summer of Hell' tours and has played many one-off shows with us between 2005 and 2008 before he sadly had to leave our band and go back to France due to visa issues.

"We've always considered Matt a part of our extended family, keeping our fingers crossed he would be back with us some day in the future. When he was away, we stayed in touch and stayed friends while he spent some time touring with the French bands ETHS and also HEADCHARGER [who will be supporting us on our next tour]. Now we are happy to say that he will be joining us on stage once again in March and into our next chapter."

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Ghosts And Good Stories", the sixth album from MY RUIN, can be viewed in two parts below.

"Ghosts And Good Stories" boasts 13 tracks written and played entirely by Murphy on guitar, bass and drums.

"Ghosts And Good Stories" track listing:

01. Diggin' For Ghosts
02. Long Dark Night
03. Excommunicated
04. Eyes Black
05. Money Shot
06. Abusing The Muse
07. La Cuidad
08. Suicide Tuesday
09. Saviourself
10. Malediction
11. Repose
12. Turned Out
13. Death Knell

When asked about the theme of the new album in an interview with Devolution magazine, Tairrie said, "I would say that 'Ghosts and Good Stories' is definitely a concept album and one which is quite reflective and apocalyptic on many levels. It didn't necessarily start off that way but it eventually began to write itself into a bit of an intimate portrait of our life as a band in and around the city of Los Angeles.

"Over the years religious imagery has played a huge part in my lyrical content and I have often left things open to interpretation but with this record it has gone from being more of a cryptically metaphorical aesthetic to highly confrontational in some instances."

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