Murder Capital release much-anticipated debut album

Although hyped as a 'Dublin band' after the city in which they were formed, both the singer and guitarist of the Murder Capital are from Cork, writes Ed Power.

In March 2018, five stony-faced young men took to the stage at the 100-capacity Mike the Pies venue in Listowel. Nobody coming out to see the Murder Capital that night could have guessed they were witnessing the first chapter of one of the most breakneck stories in contemporary Irish rock. Eighteen months later the Cork/Dublin outfit are the band everyone’s talking about. It’s been quite a journey.

“That was our first gig. It feels like a long time ago,” says singer James McGovern. “It’s been very surreal. That was March. By July all the majors in London were getting on to us.”