Dw. Dunphy's Reliquary Available For Free On Dwdunphy.com

Online, May 20, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Acoustic singer-songwriter. Indie-rock noise-maker. Painter of synth-soaked soundscapes. New Jersey-based musician Dw. Dunphy has worn each of these masks and "Reliquary," out June 18 on Secret Decoder Records, collects the best of his creative output from the past 15 years - and throws a few unreleased demos into the mix for good measure.

The record is available for download now at http://dwdunphy.com/public/media/Reliquary.zip and will be distributed through www.dwdunphy.com, iTunes, Amazon, CDBaby and local retailers.

"Reliquary" puts Dw.'s canon of work, quietly self-released or put out on Secret Decoder Records since his debut in 1997, into perspective and places it alongside like-minded D.I.Y. acts such as Guided By Voices. But, while Dw. echoes Robert Pollard in his ethos and engagement with the listener, he far from mimics his sound. Tracks like "Cannot Hear You," "Crawling Toward Jerusalem" and "The Exile" might owe more to late-period Simon & Garfunkel and the lyrics of The Kinks' Ray Davies than anything else.

View the new video for Dunphy's "Your Saturday Sins" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k3270Ovvx4.

About Dw. Dunphy: Born and raised in the suburbs of central New Jersey, Dunphy began writing for fanzines in the mid-1990s before being bitten by the cassette-only bug. His early recordings called to mind the sound then being popularized by bands like Smog, Palace and Calexico but his later recordings resembled more tightly formed verse/chorus/verse pop, with full band backing - and sometimes orchestration - all created inside his desktop computer.

About Secret Decoder Records: Based now in San Diego, this micro-indie launched in 1996 with the release of a surf record - The American Bandstand Communist Brigade's "The Red Album." This is the label's 33rd release.