Murder By Death

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3...according to our Maggie on Fri 16 Feb, 2007.

Now Americans MURDER BY DEATH and their single Brother on Cooking Vinyl. Sounding not a million miles away from Nick Cave with a hint of Johnny Cash. Opening number is a full power rocker with a stomping beat and space for "oi oi oi" in a russian kind of way. Lots of sea shanty minor chords reministant of The Decemberists. Not particularly inventive but not a bad tune if your pissed and feeling a bit..... pissed

TRACKLISTING:
CD:
1.BROTHER
2.THE MOON IS UP
3.BROTHER (LIVE AT THE VIRGIN MEGASTORE, NEW YORK CITY)

7” A BROTHER
B DON’T CRY

FOLLOWING A TRIO OF KILLER GIGS IN LONDON IN OCTOBER AND THE RELEASE OF DEBUT SINGLE, BOY DECIDE, MURDER BY DEATH RETURNED TO LONDON IN JANUARY TO BRING THEIR DARK SULTRY ROCK N ROLL BACK TO SIZZLE THROUGH THE WINTER CHILL. THOSE 3 SHOWS SAW MEDIA AND FANS ALIKE FLOCKING TO SEE THEM INCLUDING SOLD OUT SHOWS AT THE DUBLIN CASTLE AND THE BARFLY SECOND SINGLE ‘BROTHER’ WITH ITS WONDERFUL INSOUCIANT SWAGGER AND WHISKEY SOAKED LYRICISM IS TAKEN FROM THEIR THIRD FULL LENGTH ALBUM ‘IN BOCCA AL LUPO’ – THEIR FIRST TO BE RELEASED IN THE UK WHICH WILL BE OUT HERE IN MARCH 2007. MURDER BY DEATH LAYER THE VOCAL SOUNDS OF AN OLD SALOON WITH THE HAUNTING STRINGS OF A HUNGARIAN FOLK DANCE AND THE HARD DRIVING RHYTHMS OF PURE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL. ADDED TO THAT THICK AND INTRIGUING SOUND ARE SERIES OF DARK AND IRONIC LYRICS COMBINING THE MOOD AND TONE OF NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS WITH THE NARRATIVE FORCE OF THE DECEMBERISTS OR A SHORT STORY BY NATHANIAL HAWTHORNE.

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