The band, who are among the acts spearheading Ireland’s punk scene, released their debut album, ‘When I Have Fears’, in August 2019. The Dublin five-piece, who also have dates scheduled across Europe, in January 2020, will kick start the UK leg of their tour, in Leeds, on the 13th of February 2020.

2020 begins with a European & UK Tour ending with an Irish hometown show in Vicar St.

Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday 18th Oct at 9 AM GMT from https://t.co/VApw2MpzW6 pic.twitter.com/uJ21DY2UdH

— The Murder Capital (@MurderCapital_) October 16, 2019

The band will then head across the UK performing shows, in Manchester; Glasgow; Nottingham; Portsmouth; Bristol; London; Sheffield, Birmingham, and Liverpool, before concluding in Dublin, on the 27th of February 2020. However, before they hit the UK the band will be performing across Europe.

The band will kick start the European leg of their tour off, in Vienna, on the 24th of January 2020. They will then head to Munich, Prague, Warsaw, Poznan, Copenhagen, Aarhus, Berlin, Munster, Groningen, and Den Haag, before concluding in Brussels, on the 11th of February 2020.

The announcement comes as the band have released the official video for their track, ‘More Is Less’. The video was shot by Sam Taylor in black and white, and depicts a messy (both literally and metaphorical) relationship, which is filled with violence and passion.

The track features on their debut album, ‘When I Have Fears’, which was released to critical acclaim and cemented the band’s position as on of Ireland’s great new upcoming bands. The band is made up of James McGovern, Damien Tuit, Cathal Roper, Gabriel Paschal Blake, and Diarmuid Brennan.

Speaking to DIY, about the album, McGovern, said: “I think the beautiful thing for us is that we’ve got nothing to prove to anyone. That’s how we got away with making something that I believe to be so pure. That record is like a living sentient thing when I listen to it. It’s imperfect and it’s breathing.”

The Murder Capital UK and Ireland Tour Dates 2020: 

13/02/2020 – Irish Centre – Leeds
14/02 – Academy 2 – Manchester
15/02 – The Art School – Glasgow
17/02 – Rescue Rooms – Nottingham
18/02 – Wedgewood Rooms – Portsmouth
19/02 – SWX – Bristol
21/02 – Electric Ballroom – London
22/02 – The Leadmill – Sheffield
24/02 – The O2 Institute 2 – Birmingham
25/02 – O2 Academy 2 Liverpool – Liverpool
27/02 – Vicar Street – Dublin

The Murder Capital European Tour Dates 2020:

24/01/2020 – Chelsea – Vienna
25/01 – Strom – Munich
26/01 – Underdogs – Prague
28/01 – Klub Hydrozagadka – Warsaw
29/01 – Projekt LAB – Poznan
31/01 – Loppen – Copenhagen
01/02 – Atlas – Aarhus
03/02 -Musik und Frieden – Berlin
04/02 – Gleis 22 – Munster
06/02 – Vera – Groningen
07/02 – Grauzone Festival – Den Haag
11/02 – Botanique – Brussels

The album, ‘When I Have Fears’, is produced by Flood – who has worked with the likes of PJ Harvey, New Order, and Foals – the album features both singles from the band to-date, which includes ‘Feeling Fades’ and ‘Green & Blue’. The quintet’s breakthrough track, ‘More Is Less’, also features on their debut album. Regarding their single, ‘Green & Blue’,  The Fader has described it as “epic”.

Continuing,  they said: “There’s little air in “Green & Blue,” with a steady bass rumble filling the space with an unbearable tension. Icy guitars stab through the murk but only add to the pressure building throughout. James McGovern’s imposing vocals then take centre stage as he sings about love and death, promising to “correlate the blue the green and blue the green for you.”

The Irish five-piece is made up of frontman James McGovern, Damien Tuit, Cathal Roper, Gabriel Paschal Blake, and Diarmuid Brennan. Following sell-out shows on their April/ May tour, the group have also announced a new string of UK & European headline dates for October and November 2019, which can be seen in full below. Tickets for this tour will go on sale this Friday.

The Murder Capital have been going from strength to strength since last year, when they were tipped to do great things, without having released a single track. Breaking onto the scene with a live recording of, “More Is Less”,  which went viral on YouTube, the band have been carving a name for themselves. The group have done things the old fashioned way, keeping releases to a minimum and touring relentlessly, has seen them built a formidable reputation.

In just over a year, they have sold out shows in their hometown of Dublin, to 400 people, played with the likes of Slaves, Shame, IDLES and fellow countrymen Fontaines DC and seen the likes of NME, Loud & Quiet, Dork, and DIY back them – with The Irish Times calling them out as Ireland’s best new rock band.

The Murder Capital’s debut single ‘Feeling Fades’ and its follow up ‘Green & Blue’,  the band have fulfilled their early promise, which was to deliver two propulsive slices of post-punk. In one of their rare interviews to-date, the band have stated they are driven by the genuine desire to affect cultural change, and when frontman James McGovern repeats the lyric “the now elapsed ’round you and me, and it kept us all together”, on ‘Feeling Fades’, you start to believe that they’re capable of achieving just that.

The Murder Capital Tour Dates 2019:

01/05/2019 – Picture House Social Club – Sheffield
03/05 – Soup Kitchen – Manchester
04/05 – Live At Leeds – Leeds
05/05 – Handmade Festival – Leicester
08/05 – The Jericho Tavern – Oxford
09/05 – Prince Albert, Music From Ireland Showcase – Brighton
09/05 – Paganini Ballroom, BBC Sounds Stage – Brighton
10/05 – Green Door Store, Cool Brother Stage – Brighton
11/05 – Eastbound Festival, Whelan’s – Dublin
14/05 – Nice N Sleazy – Glasgow
15/05 – The Polar Bear – Hull
16/05 – The Lexington – London (Sold Out)
17/05 – Hy-Brasil – Bristol
21/05 – Body & Soul – Clonmellon
29/06 – Rock Werchter – Werchter
30/06 – Metropolis Festival – Rotterdam
07/10 – The Exchange – Bristol
08/10 – Bodega Social Club – Nottingham
10/10 – Tufnell Park Dome – London
11/10 – The Haunt – Brighton
12/10 – Castle & Falcon – Birmingham
14/10 – Brudenell Social Club – Leeds
15/10 – The Mash House – Edinburgh
16/10 – King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut – Glasgow
18/10 – YES – Manchester
26/10 – V11 – Rotterdam

The Murder Capital European Tour Dates 2019:
28/10 – Le Grand Mix – Tourcoing
29/10 – Portobello – Caen
31/10 – Le Rocher de Palmer – Bordeaux
01/11 – Toulouse, La Rex – Toulouse
02/11 – La Paloma – Nimes
04/11 – Joker’s Pub – Angers
06/11 – Nouveau Casino – Paris
08/11 – L’Autre Canal – Nancy
09/11 – La Poudriere – Belfort
12/11 – Molotow Musikclub – Hamburg
13/11 – Music und Frieden – Berlin
14/11 – Artheater – Cologne