The Murder Capital unveil final ‘Blindness’ preview ‘A Distant Life’

Ahead of the now-imminent arrival of third album ‘Blindness’ (due out on 21st February), The Murder Capital have offered up one last teaser in the form of new single ‘A Distant Life’.

Narrative-focused and driven by scrappy, industrial-tinged percussion, it’s a number that possesses a certain naive, nostalgic charm in the vein of ’90s stalwarts Pavement. Explaining more about the process behind ‘A Distant Life”s creation, frontman James McGovern has shared: “I wrote the lyrics for this one in transit to one of the many inspiring service stops on tour in the UK. I’d been listening to a podcast called Poetry Unbound about Margaret Atwood’s poem ‘All Bread’ and felt the urge to write.”

Continuing, he notes: “I knew I wanted the music to be naive and unaffected, much like true love itself, so myself and Irv stood outside the back of the venue in Liverpool that evening. I asked him to play two chords back and forth. It all came together in a flash with some added flair from Irv, and in that moment the distance between my girlfriend and I shrunk slightly, if just for a moment.”

You can check out ‘A Distant Life’ and read more about the inspirations behind ‘Blindness’ in our hot-off-the-press interview with James below.