Renowned producer John Fryer (This Mortal Coil, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode) has reunited with vocalist Louise Fraser under their collaborative project Muricidae to release a new single titled “Euphoria”. All proceeds from the release will go directly to Louise, who lost her home in the recent Southern California wildfires.

Fryer describes the track as: “‘Euphoria’ explores the dark side of passion—revealing that every high has a low, an emotional descent that mirrors its breathtaking ascent.”

You can download the song right now from Bandcamp.

About Muricidae

Formed in 2014, Muricidae is a creative partnership between John Fryer and Louise Fraser. Their sound merges lush, ethereal vocals with textured, atmospheric production. In 2015, the duo released two EPs – “Tales from a Silent Ocean” and “Tears Are Stronger Than Waves” – alongside the single “American Dream”.

In a 2017 interview, Fryer contrasted Muricidae’s tightly curated aesthetic with his more experimental outlet, Black Needle Noise, noting that Muricidae maintains a consistent sonic identity to meet listener expectations.

The last release under the name was a 2024 reissue of their 2016 track “Sold My Soul.” The new single “Euphoria” marks their eturn – with a purpose.

About Louise Fraser

Vocalist and songwriter Louise Fraser has collaborated with an impressive range of producers and artists, including John Fryer, Don Smith (Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, U2), and film composer Jeff Rona (Traffic, Black Hawk Down). Her musical collaborators also include members of Counting Crows and Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers.

Louise has released two solo acoustic albums – “Ghosttown” and “Thaw” – and currently leads Band of Celts, a project rooted in her Scottish heritage. The music features songs in both Gaelic and English, moving from sparse arrangements to cinematic, war-drum-driven orchestrations.

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Here’s a track which all dark electropop fanatics should have heard. It’s “Sold My Soul” by Muricidae, a project by John Fryer (Depeche Mode, NIN, Cocteau Twins, etc.) with the lovely Louise Fraser on vocals. The one-track single is out now and immediately grabbed our attention when listening to it in John Fryer’s studio in Oslo the past weekend.

You can stream the track now on Spotify (see below), of course we have also added it on our playlist. Highly recommended!

More John Fryer related news is in the making.

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After the debut EP “Tales From A Silent Ocean” (get it here on iTunes) and the video for the track “Away”, Muricidae (aka the duo consisting of John Fryer and vocalist Louise Fraser) returns with a fresh EP, “Tears Are Stronger Than Waves”. The 5-track EP is out now via iTunes.

You can also listen to the single below.

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As you could read earlier, well known producer John Fryer is also behind the wheel of the Muricidae project which released its debut EP “Tales From A Silent Ocean” (get it here on iTunes) a few weeks ago. Out now is the video for the track “Away” taken from the “Tales From a Silent Ocean” EP.

Muricidae is John Fryer (NiN, Cocteau Twins, Depeche Mode, etc) and vocalist Louise Fraser.

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We posted about Muricidae, before, but with the server issues, this release never got the attention it deserved on Side-Line. Muricidae is a brand new ethereal dreampop project by John Fryer (Depeche Mode, NIN, Cocteau Twins, etc.) with Louise Fraser on vocals. Out now is the 5-track EP “Tales From A Silent Ocean” which will please those who fell in love with Cocteau Twins due to the rich vocals and very smoothly mixed music of John Fryer.

The release is available now via iTunes, you can download it right here. A recommended release, and we surely hope to hear some more from this Oslo, Norway / Los Angeles, CA based act.

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