The Murder Capital Gigi's Recovery Vinyl LP Indies Pink Colour 2023
"Worth buying for “Return My Head” alone! A potential track of the year, the sort of song that makes you want to stand up and scream at the top of your lungs - a pure release of energy! The fact it’s followed on the record by maybe the 2nd best song of the year “Ethel” is testament to the strength of this album. Lyrical, angry post punk filled with frustration and moments of pure joy."
"One of the top albums of 2023 that saw the band grow from their post-punk scene roots into a more mature and rounded sounds. An emotional, honest and joyously raw album that stays true to the sounds we've come to expect of the band whilst also fleing their musical muscles. 'Ethel' is a particular highlight, one which builds to an almighty finish and will have on your feet, singing along."
Indies Pink Colour Vinyl
Tracklist:
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
The Murder Capital’s second studio album Gigi’s Recovery, produced by John Congleton, with a sleeve featuring a painting by Peter Doyle and designed by Aidan Cochrane. The Murder Capital’s first album When I Have Fears had all its songs written and recorded within the first 9 months of the band knowing each other. Now, with Gigi’s Recovery, the band had to learn to navigate their personal relationships through the relationships they harnessed with these new songs. Without knowing what these songs would sound like, the band knew what they wanted them to feel like- and worked backwards from there- “We had this slightly tongue-in-cheek mantra at the near-beginning of writing this record, it was - The evolution will not be compromised. This kept us on a course, even when we didn’t know where we were going”. And that’s exactly how The Murder Capital ended up with an album that is both totally pure and yet completely confident in its direction.