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Exclusive: Murder By Death
by Dave de Sylvia
March 10th 2010 | 27 Comments
Bloomington, Indiana's Murder By Death made waves with their 2008 album Red Of Tooth & Claw - their first for Vagrant Records and fourth in total - and are preparing to repeat the same with their fifth, and perhaps most accomplished, record, Good Morning, Magpie, which is scheduled for release on April 6. Sputnikmusic is proud to present an exclusive new track, entitled 'The Day.' Murder By Death have always gone about their music in an unorthodox fashion - Western-themed concept records will always be a risky venture - however Good Morning, Magpie may just boast the strangest backstory to date. Frontman Adam Turla decamped to the Tennessee mountains last summer with a tent, a fishing pole and a notebook, and while there he sketched a rough draft of what the group would hammer out and shape into a lean set of 11 bourbon-fuelled, western-themed American rock tracks. 'The Day' is the closing track on Good Morning, Magpie (assuming people still actually listen to albums from start to finish?) and finds the group in imperious form, integrating some of the off-kilter rhythms that made their early albums so distinctive with the more direct, aggressive blues-rock style of Red Of Tooth & Claw. It kicks off with wistful strummed acoustic guitar before taking a sinister turn (typical for this band) with menacing gothic piano chords, while Turla ditches his midwestern brouge for an angry southern soul bellow. Murder By Death @ MySpace // Facebook // Twitter // Official Site // Vagrant Records
Good Morning, Magpie is scheduled for release on April 6 via Vagrant Records. Murder By Death will appear at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, TX (watch out for Sputnik's coverage) from March 19 and will tour the album through mid-May. Check out all of the schedules date below:
Tour Itinerary:
March 13, 2010 Bloomington, IN The Bishop
March 19, 2010 Austin, TX La Zona Rosa (Vagrant Records SXSW Showcase)
March 19, 2010 Austin, TX Beauty Bar (SXSW early show w/ Lucero, The Low Anthem)
March 20, 2010 Hamden, CT Quinnipiac University, Alumni Hall
March 31, 2010 St. Louis, MO Off Broadway Nightclub
April 1, 2010 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
April 2, 2010 Denver, CO Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
April 3, 2010 Salt Lake City, UT Bar Deluxe
April 5, 2010 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
April 6, 2010 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
April 8, 2010 San Francisco, CA Slim's
April 9, 2010 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
April 10, 2010 Costa Mesa, CA Detroit Bar
April 11, 2010 San Diego, CA The Casbah
April 12, 2010 Scottsdale, AZ The Rhythm Room
April 14, 2010 Oklahoma City, OK The Conservatory
April 15, 2010 Austin, TX Emo's Alternative Lounging (Indoor)
April 16, 2010 Houston, TX Mango's
April 17, 2010 Denton, TX Rubber Gloves
April 19, 2010 Hattiesburg, MS Thirsty Hippo
April 20, 2010 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade Downstairs
April 21, 2010 Birmingham, AL Bottle Tree
April 23, 2010 Ybor City, FL The Orpheum
April 24, 2010 Orlando, FL The Backbooth
April 25, 2010 Gainesville, FL Common Grounds
April 27, 2010 Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern
April 28, 2010 Baltimore, MD The Ottobar
April 29, 2010 Cambridge, MA Middle East: Downstairs
April 30, 2010 South Burlington, VT Higher Ground
May 1, 2010 New Haven, CT Cafe Nine
May 2, 2010 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
May 4, 2010 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
May 5, 2010 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda's
May 7, 2010 Millvale, PA Mr. Smalls
May 9, 2010 Cleveland Heights, OH Grog Shop
May 10, 2010 Kalamazoo, MI The Strutt
May 11, 2010 Madison, WI The High Noon Saloon
May 12, 2010 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
May 13, 2010 Iowa City, IA Picador
May 14, 2010 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
May 15, 2010 Chicago, IL Reggie's Rock Club
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Comments
really cool song. nice one.
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I've never heard these guys before... very good stuff.
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Get on it, Trey. They're great.
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I like what I just heard. Should I just wait for this album to drop or is there a better one that is already released?
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Who Will Survive And What Will Be Left of Them? is where it's at.
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In Bocca Al Lupo or Red Of Tooth And Claw are worth checking out while you wait for this to drop.
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Excellent. Cannot for the life of me wait for this.
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pretty awesome track
ill have to look more into these guys
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really nice, thanks! these guys rule
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Really good track, will definitely check these guys out.
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god damn i love this band
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Damn, that's a good track
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Started listening to them last night, went through two albums and I'm surprised of how much I took in and loved. I'm not usually into these types of bands, but they're so full of talent and goodness, it's pretty hard to ignore.
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just a head's up but the album's very good guys
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all their albums are amazing so get them all
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this one isn't a concept album like the others but it actually flows better in some ways.
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Thank you all for sucking our cocks.
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hell of a lot better than the first song they put out
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"lean set of 11 bourbon-fuelled, western-themed American rock tracks."
What happened to whiskey??? :(
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much better than the other track they released
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I used to like this band, then they sucked and now I like this song.
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about 45 seconds in and i already love this song.
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i want a copy of the album.
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intro could have been more impressive with a little more space between piano left hand melody and drum ..........fiddle could have come in sooner to accompany the second verse .................... fiddle dont have as much impact to match the great drum roll leading it in ...... love the fleetwood mac warmth in it though .......... love the acoustic guitars.........very rootsy love it ........ lisnin as i type ..........big drums lov big drums ............vocal is very gutsy love it .............. a touch of electric guiatar riff in the back would have given this a nice poppy feel too .. nothing wrong with giving a rootsy song like this a poppy vibe ......love the oppneing ...... the oppenning verse feel is lost some how on the second verse ............ maybe coz the vocal melody change .......yah the drums definitely sound out on the there own and well over the lack of fiddle attack/presence ...... but great feel of that fiddle .............
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