Irish post-punks, The Murder Capital, have just announced news of their hugely anticipated second album, ‘Gigi’s Recovery,’ set for release on January 20th via Human Season. To whet our appetites, the quintet have shared an intensely lush, cinematic new single from the album ‘A Thousand Lives,‘ paired with a strikingly emotive video, directed by Tommy Davies.
“A thousand lives with you and I won’t be enough” James McGovern sings, with dark delicacy, edge, care and weight to it, as though each life is a layer within the song, slowly building up and falling away distinguishable or indistinguishable from one another depending on the listener. Watch Here:
Frontman James McGovern had the following to say about the themes behind the new single:
“Knowing that the day is only X-hours long, alongside my understanding of how love can be the true restorative seed, means that if and when you are so lucky to find it (and it is true) the seemingly small glance that is our lifetime could never contain enough of those days or those hours. Even a thousand of those lifetimes would never be enough.”
The John Congleton-produced new LP follows the Irish band’s celebrated 2019 debut album, When I Have Fears, which reached a Top 20 chart position in the UK, a number 2 position in their native Ireland, and featured in media end-of-year lists internationally.
While the material on “When I Have Fears” captured the vital beginnings of the group, the twelve songs of ‘Gigi’s Recovery‘ push the band into ever braver sonic territories, oceans apart from previous peers. Ambition is clear, with the inventive, expansive guitar work of Cathal Roper and Damien Tuit paired to a precise and intelligent rhythmic unit in bassist Gabriel Paschal Blake and drummer Diarmuid Brennan. Electronic elements are noticeably more prominent across the record, with industrial influences explored in greater detail than ever before, McGovern’s bold melodies acting as a reassuring anchor, so we never get totally swept away into the band’s newfound soundscape.
The Murder Capital also made their live return this year performing at the likes of Primavera Sound, VYV Festival and Solidays, as well as opening for Pearl Jam at British Summer Time. The performances follow their largely sold-out EU / UK tours in 2020, which saw them sell out their biggest headline show to date at London’s Electric Ballroom.
After playing new material and early favourites to a captive audience at a sold-out Lafayette, London, yesterday, today they announce the news of a full UK & EU tour in support of the record for 2023.
The band had the following to say about the new album and next year’s tour:
“For us, having worked on Gigi’s Recovery over the past two-plus years, now knowing every detail of every room in this house that we have built together, all we want to do is invite everybody in. We can’t wait to reveal more and more of what we’ve been creating with this record, and eventually in the new year, to reveal the full story.
The greatest thing about making a record is touring a record. The connection we make and the energy created at our live shows is the highest point for us. We can’t wait to meet new faces in the crowds, and to see this record under the new light that each and every one of you will shine on it. No better place to be than in the centre of it all.”
We can’t wait to hear more! Gigi’s Return is out 20th January on Human Sound. You can pre-order the album HERE Details of special editions and tour dates are listed below. There will be a special 48 hour pre-sale on tickets for all those (UK only) who’ve pre-ordered the album starting on Monday, 26th September at 9am GMT. Tickets will then go on general sale on the Wednesday, 28th September at 9am.
Catch The Murder Capital live:
FEB (2023)
4 Trix Club, Antwerp, BEL
5 Luxor, Cologne, GER
6 Molotow Musikclub, Hamburg, GER
8 Lido, Berlin, GER
9 Hansa 39, Munich, GER
11 Laiterie Club, Strasbourg, FR
13 Le Trabendo, Paris, FR
14 Paradiso, Amsterdam, NE
16 Albert Hall, Manchester, UK
18 SWG3, Glasgow, UK
20 Stylus, Leeds, UK
21 The Mill, Birmingham, UK
23 The O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, UK
24 The Marble Factory, Bristol, UK
26 Vicar Street, Dublin, IRE
27 The Tramshed, Cardiff, UK
Tickets / More info HERE
Gigi’s return is available on CD, standard black LP, a Dinked transparent edition LP, pink LP exclusive to independent record stores and as an exclusive “emerald edition” LP accompanied by a 16-page lyric booklet and housed in a deluxe gatefold casing signed by the band.
The Murder Capital
Gigi’s Recovery
Out January 20th on Human Season
Pre-order HERE
1 Existence
2 Crying
3 Return My Head
4 Ethel
5 The Stars Will Leave Their Stage
6 Belonging
7 The Lie Becomes the Self
8 A Thousand Lives
9 We Had to Disappear
10 Only Good Things
11 Gigi’s Recovery
12 Exist
