The Murder Capital have shared new track ‘A Distant Life’.

The song is the final to be released from the their upcoming third album ‘Blindness’, due out this Friday (21 February).

Frontman James McGovern commented, “I wrote the lyrics for this one in transit to one of the many inspiring service stops on tour in the UK. I’d been listening to a podcast called Poetry Unbound about Margaret Atwood’s poem ‘All Bread’ and felt the urge to write.

“I knew I wanted the music to be naive and unaffected, much like true love itself, so myself and Irv stood outside the back of the venue in Liverpool that evening. I asked him to play two chords back and forth. It all came together in a flash with some added flair from Irv, and in that moment the distance between my girlfriend and I shrunk slightly, if just for a moment.”

LISTEN TO ‘A DISTANT LIFE’ HERE:

The Dublin-formed band, whose members are now scattered around Ireland, London and Europe, recorded the album in LA with the Grammy-award winning producer John Congleton.

‘Blindness’ follows the Irish post-punk group’s critically acclaimed 2023 full-length ‘Gigi’s Recovery’ and their 2019 debut ‘When I Have Fears’.

The Murder Capital will be touring extensively throughout 2025 with a string of UK dates already announced as well as their biggest Irish headline show to date confirmed for this summer – full details below:

Birmingham XOYO, 17 April
Manchester New Century Hall, 18
Glasgow Saint Luke’s, 19
Leeds Brudenell Social Club, 21
Leeds Brudenell Social Club, 22
London Outernet, 24
Bristol SWX, 26
Dublin Iveagh Gardens, 19 July

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The band is James McGovern (vocals), Damien Tuit (guitars/sampler), Cathal Roper (guitars/keys), Gabriel Paschal Blake (bass) and Diarmuid Brennan (drums).

PRE-ORDER THE NEW ALBUM NOW:

Blindness. Our third studio album. Out February 21st.

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— The Murder Capital (@MurderCapital_) November 18, 2024

The Murder Capital ‘Blindness’ Full Album 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

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