Following their grand 2019 debut full-length When I Have Fears passionate British post-punk-rock act THE MURDER CAPITAL confirmed their huge potential with their 2nd opus GIGI’S RECOVERY released last January. It’s in TUTV’s notebook of best-albums-of-2023.
The band are on a massive tour and performed last weekend at Coachella Festival
in Indio, California. One of the set’s highlights was their avid version of the new album’s
first single RETURN MY HEAD.
The Murder Capital made an instant impact with their 2019 debut
full-length When I Have Fears. They promise to do the same with
the follow-up LP GIGI’S RECOVERY will turn up on 20th January 2023.
James McGovern (frontman/lyricist) said to NME: “We’ve only got one record,
so there’s a lot left to write about. I feel like the sky’s the limit, really. When I strip
it all away though, my writing is just an endeavour to empathise, whether that’s
with myself or with others. To me, being vulnerable is at the forefront of what I do,
to allow other people to actually relate to or project upon whatever it is I’m expressing.
Love is a face at the party that you can’t really ignore.”
(James McGovern – photo by Turn Up The Volume – Pukkelpop Fest 2022)
NME: The Dublin band soar with an uncompromising second album loaded with heart and ideas. The Murder Capital may have arrived with a shout and a fist but they’re soaring now with nuance, ideas, a whole lot of heart and the first great guitar album of 2023. Anger is an energy, but love is strength. Score: 4/5.
TUTV: Piercing, deep-cutting emotions drenched in a capricious post-punk bath,
with hope and a future emerging in the end. Their star will rise way up with this
arousing opus.
Singles/clips: Ethel / ReturnMy Head / Only Good Things
The Murder Capital made an instant impact with their 2019 debut
full length When I Have Fears. They promise to do the same with
the follow-up LP GIGI’S RECOVERY will turn up on 20th January 2023.
James McGovern (frontman/lyricist) said to NME: “We’ve only got one record,
so there’s a lot left to write about. I feel like the sky’s the limit, really. When I strip
it all away though, my writing is just an endeavour to empathise, whether that’s
with myself or with others. “To me, being vulnerable is at the forefront of what I do,
to allow other people to actually relate to or project upon whatever it is I’m expressing.
Love is a face at the party that you can’t really ignore.”
Listen to the third single – a moony musing – here…
