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ALBUM REVIEW: The Murder Capital – When I Have Fears (Human Season Records)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Murder Capital are an Irish band\nwho have had quite a buzz forming around them for some months now, with this\ndebut album one of the most anticipated of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by Flood (PJ Harvey, New Order, Foals), When I\nHave Fears features all four of the band\u2019s singles so far – Feeling Fades, Green\n& Blue, Don’t Cling To Life and More Is Less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s an album which deals with love, loss, grief and\nloneliness, and there’s a consistent intensity throughout which marks out the\nDublin five-piece as a band arriving fully formed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consisting of James McGovern on vocals,\nDamien Tuit and Cathal Roper on guitars, Gabriel Paschal Blake on bass and Diarmuid\nBrennan on drums, they are hewn from the same post-punk granite as the likes of\nIdles and Fontaines DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Murder Capital.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Joy Division are an obvious\ninfluence, and they also have a lot in common with more contemporary bands,\nsuch as Interpol, Editors and White Lies, but their sound is even darker than all\nof them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brooding opener For Everything has a\ndelicious slow build-up before coruscating guitars burst into life, and then\nfrontman McGovern\u2019s insistent voice comes in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First single Feeling Fades and More\nIs Less are more frantic, and they show they can handle the loud-quiet-loud dynamic\npopularised in the 90s by Pixies and Nirvana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Murder Capital. Pic: Gavin Ovoca.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Green & Blue, the second single,\nrecalls XTC, and \u2013 yes, Joy Division. Based around an unusual drum pattern and\nunderstated bass line, with shards of jagged guitar, it\u2019s the first of two\ntracks exceeding six minutes \u2013 a bold move indeed for a debut record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Songs like that only serve to highlight the early ambition\nin the band’s sound, but they\u2019re far from one-trick ponies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the post-rock build and breakdowns of the two-part\nSlowdance, to the tender, bruised confessional of On Twisted Ground, and the sparse\npiano and Leonard Cohen-like grumble of How The Streets Adore Me Now, they show\nthey can turn their hand to lots of different styles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Murder Capital embark on another headline tour in the autumn.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As well as festival dates across the summer, the band have\nalready completed one headline tour, and will embark on another in October \/\nNovember. On the evidence of this album, it\u2019s not to be missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Is it indie music, punk or even\npost-punk? I don\u2019t know, but I like it, and this will be on lots\nof people\u2019s shortlists as an album of the year contender. 8\/10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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