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The Murder Capital have shared their latest single ‘The Fall’ from their forthcoming album ‘Blindness’. Check it out below.The track features thrashing drums and screeching guitars as frontman James McGovern sings: “I can’t be dressed / I can’t be held / I can’t be fed / I can’t be whipped,” during the song’s thrilling chorus.Speaking about the song in a press release, McGovern said: “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 Murder Capital have surprise-released the stirring new single ‘Love Of Country’, with profits going towards aid in Palestine.‘Love Of Country’ is the latest taste of the band’s recently announced upcoming album ‘Blindness’, which is set for release on February 21. You can pre-order it here.The track is available only to download or in physical format and can be exclusively purchased via the band’s website (here) or Bandcamp store (here).

The Murder Capital have announced details of their “biggest headline show to date” taking place in Dublin next year.The Irish band announced the news today (December 16) with a new post on social media. Taking to Instagram, they confirmed news of a one-off gig, which will see them head to Dublin next summer.Set to take place on July 19, the show will be held at the Iveagh Gardens in Dublin and become their biggest headline show to date.

The Murder Capital have announced their third album ‘Blindness’ with new single ‘Words Lost Meaning.’ Check it out below alongside our interview with frontman James McGovern.Set for release on February 21, ‘Blindness’ swiftly follows on from the Irish quintet’s acclaimed 2023 album ‘Gigi’s Recovery’, which arrived four years after their breakout debut ‘When I Have Fears’. Although those albums were both built around their titles, McGovern revealed that the notion of ‘Blindness’ came “very late in the game.”“There were a couple of other titles that almost caught fire for us, but they were doused pretty quickly,” he told NME.

The Murder Capital have shared a new single called ‘Can’t Pretend To Know’ and announced a UK headline tour for 2025.The Dublin band’s first track of 2024 is an intense burst of energy, containing electrifying guitar riffs and pummeling drums.Recorded in LA with producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Sharon Van Etten), the song ushers in a “new era” for the group – which promises newfound “focus and clarity”, according to a press release.In a statement, frontman James McGovern explained: “‘Can’t Pretend To Know’ is a whip of a tune that we made to feel like a hurricane of colour and breathlessness.“A surreal look at childhood innocence and all its replacers, those delicate bridges we burn as we move through the strangeways of our youth.

The Murder Capital covered The Pogues‘ ‘I’m A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day’ in tribute to Shane MacGowan during a recent live performance in Ireland.The Dublin punk group were performing as part of Other Voices Festival on Friday (December 1) at St James’ Church in Dingle when they remembered the late Pogues frontman, who died last week, aged 65.The five-piece performed an a cappella version of The Pogues’ 1985 song from album ‘Rum Sodomy & the Lash’, only occasionally using the sparse rattle of a tambourine for the haunting rendition.Frontman James McGovern asked the crowd to “join us if you know it”, before performing their version of the song. “Love you, Shane,” he said as they closed out the set.A post shared by The Murder Capital (@themurdercapital)The Murder Capital are the latest band to pay musical tribute to the late Irish singer-songwriter.U2 covered The Pogues’ ‘A Rainy Night in Soho’ in tribute to MacGowan during their latest show at the Las Vegas Sphere.

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The Murder Capital took to London’s Lafayette to play their first headline show in over a year and launch their “new chapter”. Check out footage from the gig, its setlist and more below.After a string of festival appearances over the summer as well as a support slot with Pearl Jam at Hyde Park, the Irish five-piece announced their second album ‘Gigi’s Recovery’ yesterday, a few hours before the gig at the central London venue. The follow-up to 2019’s powerful ‘When I Have Fears’ is, according to vocalist James McGovern, a “loose concept record” about “returning to a place of strength” and is out January 20, 2023.The band took to the stage of London’s Lafayette and, without saying a word, launched straight into the brand new single ‘A Thousand Lives’.

The Murder Capital have announced their second album ‘Gigi’s Recovery’ and shared lush new single ‘A Thousand Lives’. Check out the new track below, along with our interview with frontman James McGovern.After playing their first headline show in over two years last night (September 22) at London’s Lafayette, the Irish five-piece have also announced a UK and European tour for early 2023 to launch their new record.‘A Thousand Lives’ follows on from The Murder Capital’s comeback track ‘Only Good Things’, with McGovern telling NME that “people obviously think they know what the record is going to sound like – but they don’t.

The Murder Capital have today (July 20) shared their bright new single, ‘Only Good Things’. Check out the song below.Described as a “bright and luminous love song” and the “first taste of the band’s forthcoming new music”, the band say its representative of an exciting “evolution” of their sound.Frontman James McGovern said of the single: “This track for us has been an exciting evolution for the band.

The rendition forms part of the band's new 'Live From BBC Maida Vale' EP