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Murder By
Death will
release their seventh full-length album Big Dark Love on February 3rd,
2015. Today, Entertainment Weekly/EW.com is premiering “Strange Eyes,” the first
new song from the band’s second release with Chicago label Bloodshot Records.
Death will
release their seventh full-length album Big Dark Love on February 3rd,
2015. Today, Entertainment Weekly/EW.com is premiering “Strange Eyes,” the first
new song from the band’s second release with Chicago label Bloodshot Records.
Big Dark
Love is now
available for pre-order on CD and
LP via Bloodshot’s website or digitally via
iTunes, in which purchasing parties will receive an instant MP3 download of
the lead single, “Strange Eyes.”
Love is now
available for pre-order on CD and
LP via Bloodshot’s website or digitally via
iTunes, in which purchasing parties will receive an instant MP3 download of
the lead single, “Strange Eyes.”
Big Dark
Love reflects
a different, more complex side of the band. As hinted in the title, the 10 songs
circle a central theme of love, only in this case, the oft-traveled topic is
examined through a non-traditional kaleidoscope: the love of a parent for their
child, the struggle between unconditional love and morality, loving to excess.
There can sometimes be a dusky patina of despair overlaying glints of hope. For
a band that has built its formidable, near 15-year career around a consideration
to tension, release, bombast, ecstasy, and highest-highs vs. lowest-lows, it is
something to say that this is Murder By Death’s most dynamic release to
date. Sonically here, their signature sound – rootsy indie rock, cinematic
gothic ballads, and rousing pub rock shout-alongs – mixes with enlivening new
stylistic elements – touches of pop, synth-y electronics, and psych rock – only
hinted at on previous albums.
Love reflects
a different, more complex side of the band. As hinted in the title, the 10 songs
circle a central theme of love, only in this case, the oft-traveled topic is
examined through a non-traditional kaleidoscope: the love of a parent for their
child, the struggle between unconditional love and morality, loving to excess.
There can sometimes be a dusky patina of despair overlaying glints of hope. For
a band that has built its formidable, near 15-year career around a consideration
to tension, release, bombast, ecstasy, and highest-highs vs. lowest-lows, it is
something to say that this is Murder By Death’s most dynamic release to
date. Sonically here, their signature sound – rootsy indie rock, cinematic
gothic ballads, and rousing pub rock shout-alongs – mixes with enlivening new
stylistic elements – touches of pop, synth-y electronics, and psych rock – only
hinted at on previous albums.
In support
of the new album, Murder By Death will embark on a U.S. tour in late January,
the first time fans will be able to hear new material in full. The lengthy
stretch of dates begins on the West Coast in Seattle on January 30, continues
across the continental U.S. to the East Coast in February, and eventually
doubles back and wraps up in Bloomington, IN in mid-March. The band will also
tour through the Midwest in late May. All tour dates can be found listed below,
or on the band’s tour
page.
of the new album, Murder By Death will embark on a U.S. tour in late January,
the first time fans will be able to hear new material in full. The lengthy
stretch of dates begins on the West Coast in Seattle on January 30, continues
across the continental U.S. to the East Coast in February, and eventually
doubles back and wraps up in Bloomington, IN in mid-March. The band will also
tour through the Midwest in late May. All tour dates can be found listed below,
or on the band’s tour
page.
Murder By
Death Big Dark Love album release tour dates:
Death Big Dark Love album release tour dates:
|
30-Jan
|
Seattle,
WA |
The
Crocodile |
|
31-Jan
|
Portland,
OR |
Star
Theater |
|
3-Feb
|
Salt Lake
City, UT |
Bar
Deluxe |
|
5-Feb
|
San
Francisco, CA |
The
Independent |
|
6-Feb
|
Santa
Cruz, CA |
The
Catalyst Atrium |
|
7-Feb
|
Los
Angeles, CA |
The
Roxy |
|
8-Feb
|
Santa Ana,
CA |
The
Constellation Room |
|
9-Feb
|
Phoenix,
AZ |
Crescent
Ballroom |
|
10-Feb
|
Albuquerque,
NM |
Launchpad
|
|
12-Feb
|
Dallas,
TX |
Club
Dada |
|
13-Feb
|
Austin,
TX |
Red
7 |
|
14-Feb
|
Houston,
TX |
Fitzgerald’s
Downstairs |
|
15-Feb
|
Memphis,
TN |
Hi-Tone
Café |
|
24-Feb
|
Pittsburgh,
PA |
Mr
Smalls |
|
25-Feb
|
Cleveland,
OH |
Grog
Shop |
|
27-Feb
|
Boston,
MA |
Paradise
Rock Club |
|
28-Feb
|
New York,
NY |
Bowery
Ballroom |
|
1-Mar
|
Brooklyn,
NY |
Music Hall
of Williamsburg |
|
4-Mar
|
Hamden,
CT |
The
Ballroom at The Outer Space |
|
5-Mar
|
Charlottesville,
VA |
The
Southern |
|
6-Mar
|
Philadelphia,
PA |
Union
Transfer |
|
7-Mar
|
Washington,
DC |
Black
Cat |
|
8-Mar
|
Raleigh,
NC |
Kings
Barcade |
|
10-Mar
|
Tampa,
FL |
The
Orpheum |
|
11-Mar
|
Orlando,
FL |
The
Social |
|
12-Mar
|
Atlanta,
GA |
Terminal
West |
|
13-Mar
|
Nashville,
TN |
Mercy
Lounge |
|
14-Mar
|
Bloomington,
IN |
The
Bluebird |
|
28-May
|
St Paul,
MN |
Turf
Club |
|
29-May
|
Milwaukee,
WI |
Turner
Hall Ballroom |
|
31-May
|
Chicago,
IL |
Subterranean
|