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The Murder Capital

Live from London: The Dome, Tufnell Park (rsd 20)

record store day 2020 - 12" + download - £9.99 | Buy
The Murder Capital released their debut album When I Have Fears on their own label Human Season Records to much critical claim in August of 2019.
Living Human Treasure
  1. Cut
  2. Leisure Activities
  3. Magdalene
  4. Competition
  5. New Factory
  6. The MUMSNET Mambo
  7. Funny Bones
  8. Golgotha
  9. Does He Dream?
  10. Tales From Beyond
  11. Harmony

7" Tracklist

  1. This is not my Fire (exclusive new song)
  2. Ghosts (Japan cover)
  3. An audio story told by Les Miserable and J Dangerous

Dinked edition 221

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  • “Mumsnet” blue coloured vinyl *
  • Bonus 2 track + audio story 7” *
  • Numbered edition *
  • Limited pressing of 300 *

Italia 90

Living Human Treasure

BRACE YOURSELF RECORDS
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    Released: 17th Mar 2023

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blasting into our consciousness with the razing opener ‘cut‘, the london quartet’s long-awaited debut confirms our suspicions that those attention grabbing & collectible singles were just early teasers for their unique aural assault.

this set of abrasive & brutal post-punk has a melodic core that demonstrates italia 90’s versatility & vitality. across the album, tracks from the band’s earliest days (‘new factory, competition‘) sit side by side with newer tracks, in a breadth of new styles for the band (who were originally from brighton), creating something fresh & fantastic with the abundance of ingredients. "we consciously drew on elements from other genres, like new wave, goth rock, post-hardcore, jazz, jungle and ranchera that have inspired us but which we hadn't incorporated into our music previously”.

The London based 4-piece have released a number of singles and EPs since their breakthrough and have steadily built a cult following in England and mainland Europe. Italia 90 have received critical acclaim from publications such as DIY Magazine, The Quietus, So Young as well as extensive coverage at BBC 6music - with Steve Lamacq in particular offering continued support. Across the album, tracks from the band’s earliest days (New Factory, Competition) sit side by side with newer tracks, in a breadth of new styles for the band. "We consciously drew on elements from other genres, like new wave, goth rock, post-hardcore, jazz, jungle and ranchera that have inspired us but which we hadn't incorporated into our music previously”. To record the album, the band decamped to the residential Echo Zoo studio in Eastbourne. With five days booked – far longer than the band had ever recorded for in the past – the whole album was tracked within two days with producer Louis Milburn. For the rest of the allotted time, they explored the nooks and crannies of the building and the bounty of unusual instruments lying around to add mystical textures to the bones of the songs. Italia 90's songs aim to be timeless. Like the painting on the album’s cover, which shows a crowd of people all facing away from the viewer, the idea of the collective takes precedence over the individual.

“I care deeply about the things that I’m singing about,” says singer, Les Miserable, “but I don’t think that it needs to be me that is saying it. I have my point of view, and think that the ideology that I’m forwarding in the songs is correct, and very important, but it’s not important that it’s me saying them. If I did, I would already be contradicting the things that I am saying in the songs.” This philosophy is the sign of a band going against the grain and stopping to really consider their statements, both musically and lyrically, rather than hopping on trends. Across their debut album, Italia 90 step off the relentless, exhausting hamster wheel and create something fantastic with the abundance of ingredients already here, pointing a different way forwards.

 

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