The Murder Capital debut new songs as they start their “new chapter” at London’s Lafayette

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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’.

Driven by arpeggio synths, the lush track was a far gentler introduction to the set than The Murder Capital’s usual opener of ‘For Everything’, but vocalist James McGovern still invited the crowd to “move” before a snarling instrumental breakdown.“Welcome, welcome, welcome,” he said afterwards. “We’re very fucking happy to see you all here.