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Chet Faker always sounded like the too-perfect name for a brooding, bearded hipster who played chilled out electronic-tinged, blue-eyed soul music so it’s no surprise that it was a stage name all along. The New York-based, Aussie artist has dropped the Faker moniker and is now going by his real name, Nick Murphy, in what symbolizes a musical evolution as he confessed in a recent Facebook post:
Its been half a decade since I started releasing music as Chet Faker and all of you have been the driving force behind the music since.
theres an evolution happening and I wanted to let you know where its going.
the next record will be under my own name, Nick Murphy.
Chet Faker will always be a part of the music.
This is next.
Nick Murphy isn’t wasting any time, releasing his first song “Fear Less.” The powerful single has a vintage Radiohead-feel and steers the singer/producer towards a new direction that fans should be excited about. Hear the new track below via his website.
