The Murder Capital warm up for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds tour with “breathless” new single ‘Can’t Pretend To Know’ and UK headline dates
nme.comThe Murder Capital have shared a new single called ‘Can’t Pretend To Know’ and announced a UK headline tour for 2025.The Dublin band’s first track of 2024 is an intense burst of energy, containing electrifying guitar riffs and pummeling drums.Recorded in LA with producer John Congleton (St.
Vincent, Sharon Van Etten), the song ushers in a “new era” for the group – which promises newfound “focus and clarity”, according to a press release.In a statement, frontman James McGovern explained: “‘Can’t Pretend To Know’ is a whip of a tune that we made to feel like a hurricane of colour and breathlessness.“A surreal look at childhood innocence and all its replacers, those delicate bridges we burn as we move through the strangeways of our youth.
Moulded by everything we come into contact with. Learning lessons from toys. Playing the parts that are asked of us.”You can listen to it here:The Murder Capital’s second and latest studio album, ‘Gigi’s Recovery’, was released in January 2023.
Details about its follow-up have not yet been revealed.However, the band have confirmed a run of UK headline shows for next spring.
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