Handsome Beast Records

01/02/2024

Been a while but almost there with this instrumental undertaking, a 6-movement Suite, have a glance on soundcloud if'n ya likes:)

Instrumental rock opus

13/10/2023

Duncan! Tonight 8:00 at the Duncan Showroom. The MA Band will be rocking a full set of tunes. Tix at the door see you there!

18/05/2022

Bus Stop by Murray Atkinson came out a year ago, check it out!
https://open.spotify.com/track/285YPdxtBMPsSQM5byGsH2?

Murray Atkinson · Song · 2021

12/03/2022

Tomorrow is the 2 year anniversary of Mubla Tubed! Released the week the world shut down, but it is time to rock again!

If you haven’t heard it yet, for a limited time you can go grab it and pay what you want!

Head over to https://www.murrayatkinson.com/mubla-tubed and crank it up!

The main riff of this song kind of happened by accident. I had my guitar plugged into a whammy pedal set an octave up and it gave the guitar this glitchy, scratchy tweaked out kind of distorted sound and I randomly played the main riff and thought it was kind of cool, so I recorded it and....

10/12/2021

Fan of Bon Iver, Jeff Buckley, Temple of the Dog? You'll love this timeless, memorable new song by Murray Atkinson

https://youtu.be/pO_LaiA_oxo

Lyric video for The River by Murray Atkinson, available everywhere online!Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/1hl9syxlzYVuzP2kFpYlsoApple - https://musi...

01/12/2021

lyric video for The River by Murray Atkinson is live on YT... enjoy and share!

https://youtu.be/pO_LaiA_oxo

Lyric video for The River by Murray Atkinson, available everywhere online!Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/1hl9syxlzYVuzP2kFpYlsoApple - https://musi...

29/11/2021

The River is now available online everywhere or head over to www.murrayatkinson.com to pay what you want and download it!

Murray Atkinson guitarist...composer...producer...pianist Odds...Swan...lover of crafty beers

26/11/2021

The River by Murray Atkinson is live! Please share it and add it to your libraries!

https://open.spotify.com/album/1hl9syxlzYVuzP2kFpYlso

Murray Atkinson · Single · 2021 · 1 songs.

27/10/2021

Hey Spotifiers click below to presave and be notified for Murray Atkinson’s next release The River, coming out Nov 26!

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/murrayatkinson1/the-river

Stream and Pre-save The River - Distributed by DistroKid

26/10/2021

New track for the autumn season, The River by Murray Atkinson, check it out on Soundcloud! And dont forget to click follow!

https://soundcloud.com/murrayatkinson/the-river

Murray Atkinson in an award winning Singer/Songwriter/Multi-instrumentalist in Vancouver BC. Currently playing with The Odds (www.oddsmusic.com) as well as his solo project (www.murrayatkinson.com). R

26/10/2021

Want to keep up with some new music from Murray Atkinson then head on over here, couple of brand new tracks just added!

https://www.murrayatkinson.com/demos

14/10/2021

If you dig huge 90s sounding guitars in altered tunings check this out... re-releasing Give Up the Ghost from Salt March, soon to be streaming, preview available here!

https://www.murrayatkinson.com/salt-march

Songs from 2010's Swan release Salt March, originally released on Pheromone Recordings

28/06/2021

Check out Murray Atkinson's cover of Bus Stop by The Hollies on Youtube!

https://youtu.be/aaG6_qI9M1s

www.murrayatkinson.comLyric video for Murray Atkinsons modern rock cover of the British classic "Bus Stop" by The Hollies, set to vintage PD footage of Londo...

04/06/2021

Unfamiliar by Murray Atkinson has been re-released! Originally made the Vancouver CFox Radio Top 10 in its initial release, here it is re-released for your modern day enjoyment!

https://open.spotify.com/album/54ZvkSyrIgBULvvmhP73h2?si=nVnzZ4qOQb66FchgfcUSFw

Murray Atkinson · Single · 2021 · 1 songs.

11/05/2021

Bus Stop by Murray Atkinson is officially released! Check out the new, modern, rocking version of a timeless Hollies British Classic!

SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/track/285YPdxtBMPsSQM5byGsH2?si=cabccd0b4a6b47ca

APPLE MUSIC: https://music.apple.com/us/album/bus-stop-single/1563238553

iTUNES: https://music.apple.com/us/album/bus-stop/1563238553?i=1563238554

Song · 3:53 · 2021

04/05/2021

Time to rock with El Camino! Super-crushing-thunderistic-high-speed and ferocious!

https://open.spotify.com/track/1thMKDpPDWjxK05zvAiJ6Y?si=_wrjoJELTbe3XidlmjeusQ

Murray Atkinson · Song · 2021

28/04/2021

Need some hard-driving fist-pounding hard rock to get you going? Listen to El Camino by Murray Atkinson!

https://youtu.be/x5KEvssprK0

El Camino is available on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/album/1kcIdh1riqRMx5WuviJvbc?si=WEwY4mB0TXavVE1-tGyrwgwww.murrayatkinson.com

27/04/2021

El Camino by Murray Atkinson is live! High energy rock track to get your day going!

https://open.spotify.com/album/1kcIdh1riqRMx5WuviJvbc?si=WEwY4mB0TXavVE1-tGyrwg

Murray Atkinson · Single · 2021 · 1 songs.

13/04/2021

Up next on the release calendar is Murray Atkinson's cover of The Hollies Bus Stop! Coming out May 11 click below to presave on Spotify!

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/murrayatkinson1/bus-stop

Stream and Pre-save Bus Stop - Distributed by DistroKid

09/04/2021

After a long wait we are finally re-releasing songs from Murray Atkinsons Swan album Salt March this year. Up first... El Camino! The tune that kicked it all off with the CFox Seeds win. Coming out Apr 27, click below to presave!

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/murrayatkinson1/el-camino

Stream and Pre-save El Camino - Distributed by DistroKid

29/03/2021

Just a quick teaser sample of Murray Atkinsons upcoming hard rocking cover of "Bus Stop" by The Hollies. Along with some new original material slated for release in 2021...enjoy!

Hey folks heres a teaser sample of my cover of The Hollies "Bus Stop", one of my all time favs and a staple of any acoustic show I ever do. Coming soon in 20...

15/03/2021

Need some high octane guitar rock to get you going? Check out the official video by Murray Atkinson, semi-finalist in the instrumental category of 2020 International Songwriting Competition!



https://youtu.be/bgVb4yKZPkE

www.murrayatkinson.com The official video is here! From the EP Mubla Tubed, is a hard-rocking guitar-driven instrumental featuring gameplay rage vo...

25/02/2021

Murray Atkinson's made the semi-finals in the instrumental category of 2020 International Songwriting Competition!

Official video: https://youtu.be/bgVb4yKZPkE

www.murrayatkinson.com The official video is here! From the EP Mubla Tubed, is a hard-rocking guitar-driven instrumental featuring gameplay rage vo...

12/11/2020

hit 1k plays on Spotify! Lets add a "0" to that and go for 10k! Stream it and add it to your playlists!

https://open.spotify.com/track/1jlOKFWQqDH6ciSuYwl78q?si=yqjV-x_gQZ2iXOveqDmmOg

Murray Atkinson · Song · 2020

27/10/2020

Thank you Record World Magazine for the nice feature!

http://recordworldmagazine.com/blog/the-odds-murray-atkinson-releases-grinding-from-instrumental-epm-mubla-tubed/

The Odds' MURRAY ATKINSON Releases “ ” From Instrumental EPM Mubla Tubed

16/10/2020

Thanks to Steve Newton for the nice writeup in the Georgia Straight! "Going Satriani" is now a verb!

https://www.straight.com/music/odds-guitarist-murray-atkinson-goes-all-satriani-on-your-ass-in-new-video-for-grinding

Oct 16, 2020 - Dude can shred!

05/10/2020

The official video for by Murray Atkinson is now online! Check it out on Youtube and dont forget to subscribe!
https://youtu.be/bgVb4yKZPkE

www.murrayatkinson.com The official video is here! From the EP Mubla Tubed, is a hard-rocking guitar-driven instrumental featuring gameplay rage vo...