The Murder Capital announce their third album Blindness and extensive tour
The Dublin rock band’s new one will be released on Friday February 21st. on Human Season Records
‘Words Lost Meaning’ is the preview track, and above you can see the paparazzi-style press photo by Hugo Comte, from the band who live variously in London, Dublin and other unnamed places in Europe.
The band recorded the album over three weeks in Los Angeles again, with producer John Congleton.
“He wanted us not to start demo-ing or layering any tracks, just phone-record everything. That way, by the time we got to the studio, no song was suffocated by what it needed to be, it was about what the song could become.” says frontman James McGovern.
The follow up to 2023’s Gigi’s Recovery and their debut album, 2019’s When I Have Fears, was announced with this message from the singer.
“There’s what’s in front of us, in our immediate field of vision. There are the things we can touch, the love we can feel. Then there’s everything else. Blindness is the warped belief. The behind us. The secluded. Love at a distance. Faith in denial. Distorted patriotism. The fading face of moments in the rear view. Blindness brings it all into focus.”
– James McGovern
The band have announced new dates too, after recently supporting Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
‘Words Lost Meaning’, is the new song and McGovern says “’Words Lost Meaning’ is where love goes to die. When the words “I love you” are used without thought, without feeling, even as a way to close a conversation, they become stale and diffused. No words mean more than those three combined.”
‘Can’t Pretend To Know’ also features on the record.
Blindness artwork & 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
pre-order here
The Murder Capital 2025 tour dates:
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
