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The Murder Capital share new track ‘The Fall’
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New album ‘Blindness’ released 21st February
The Murder Capital have shared new track ‘The Fall’, their first new music of 2025. It follows the recent releases ‘Can’t Pretend To Know’, ‘Words Lost Meaning’ and ‘Love Of Country’ as they build towards the release of their much-anticipated third album ‘Blindness’, out on 21st February.
‘The Fall’ perfectly captures the sonic intensity of The Murder Capital and their forthcoming new record, with searing guitars and cacophonous crescendos create a thrilling and cathartic listen.
On ‘The Fall’ frontman James McGovern says –
“I can’t be told, I can’t be dressed, I can’t be held, I can’t be fed, I can’t be whipped. The Fall is coming. The Fall is inevitable. The Fall is one finger over the self destruct button, while the other holds its pose in meditation.
The most recent release ‘Love Of Country’ was a surprise release last month, with the track available as a limited 7” and download only, both available through the band’s website or Bandcamp store. All profits from the sale of the track are being donated to the Medical Aid For Palestinians charity.
‘Blindness’ is the vividly realised, clear-sightedly ambitious new album from The Murder Capital. A record that’s both momentous and charged with momentum. That’s full of geography – of the mind, and of a Dublin-formed band whose members are now scattered around Ireland, London and Europe – yet bristles with the intense energy of an album finely wrought in three pacy weeks in the studio in Los Angeles. That’s intimate and simultaneously expansive. Eleven songs that don’t hang about in terms of grabbing the listener. It follows the critically acclaimed ‘Gigi’s Recovery’ and their debut album, 2019’s ‘When I Have Fears’.
‘Blindness’ finds the band re-energised after previous years of heavy touring after recording the album in LA with the Grammy-award winning producer John Congleton who the band previously worked with on ‘Gigi’s Recovery’. The tracks came together quickly, in intense and fast paced sessions that prioritized urgency, energy and freshness. “He wanted us not to start layering any tracks or anything like that, just phone-record everything. That was so that, by the time we got to the studio, no song was suffocated by what it needed to be. It was more about what the song could be.” says frontman James McGovern.
‘Blindness’ tracklisting –
Moonshot
Words Lost Meaning
Can’t Pretend To Know
A Distant Life
Born Into The Fight
Love Of Country
The Fall
Death Of A Giant
Swallow
That Feeling
Trailing A Wing
The Murder Capital will be touring extensively throughout 2025 with string of dates already announced including their biggest Irish headline show so far at Iveagh Gardens. Dates below –
Aus/NZ –
March 31, 2025 – Wellington, San Fran
April 1, 2025 – Auckland, Tuning Fork
April 3, 2025 – Melbourne, The Corner
April 4, 2025 – Brisbane, Brightside
April 5, 2025 – Sydney, Crowbar
April 7, 2025 – Perth, The Rosemount
UK –
April 17, 2025 — Birmingham, XOYO Birmingham
April 18, 2025 — Manchester, New Century Hall
April 19, 2025 — Glasgow, Saint Luke’s
April 21, 2025 — Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
April 22, 2025 — Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
April 24, 2025 — London, Outernet London
April 26, 2025 — Bristol, SWX
EU –
April 29, 2025 – Lisbon, LAV
April 30, 2025 – Porto Auditorio CCOP
May 2, 2025 – Madrid, Sala Copernico
May 3, 2025 – Barcelona, Sala Razzmatazz
May 5, 2025 – Milan, Alcatraz
May 6, 2025 Zurich, Bogen F
May 8, 2025 – Munich, Backstage
May 9, 2025 – Prague, MeetFactory
May 10, 2025 – Berlin, Gretchen
May 11, 2025 – Cologne, Gebaude 9
May 13, 2025 – Brussels, Ancienne Belgique
May 14, 2025 – Nijmegen, Doornroosje
May 15,2025 – Amsterdam, Melkweg- MAX
May 17, 2025 – Paris, Le Trianon
July 19, 2025 – Dublin, Iveagh Gardens
The Murder Capital are:
James McGovern – vocals
Damien Tuit – guitars / sampler
Cathal Roper – guitars / keys
Gabriel Paschal Blake – bass
Diarmuid Brennan – drums
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My life is a soundtrack, i track my life through music, photography is my passion, my escape, my expression. Without both i have pieces missing, thankfully i’m blessed and get to combine both.
Born in Manchester, lived in Australia for 22 years where i was heavily involved in the Australian Music Industry, firstly in bands (Singer) and then managing bands (all original), I moved back to the UK, Wales specifically 10 years ago
