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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Murder By Death Debuts New Song "Strange Eyes"

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*Exclusive stream via Entertainment Weekly of lead single from forthcoming album Big Dark Love

*iTunes album pre-order / New tour dates

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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.  


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.”

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.

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.

Murder By 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
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