{"id":38549,"date":"2023-01-08T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=38549"},"modified":"2023-01-08T08:43:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T13:43:56","slug":"the-murder-capital-share-new-single-video-return-my-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=38549","title":{"rendered":"The Murder Capital share new single + video \u2018Return My Head\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ireland\u2019s The Murder Capital have shared Return My Head<\/em>, the last single lifted from their forthcoming second album,\u00a0\u2018Gigi\u2019s Recovery\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em> is perhaps the most visceral of the singles released so far, an immediate, direct slice of alt-rock that delivers both aggression and melody paired to a lyrical motif that slots firmly into the sense of reinvention surrounding the album as a whole, opening as it does with the following:\u00a0“I had to realign, To begin, To survive.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Front man James McGovern explains further on the themes: \u201cReturn My Head was written in a place of pure frustration, feeling like our sanity had been unwillingly removed through periods of isolation. All I wanted at this point was to get my head back, and to throw it away again. But on my own terms. \u2018Return my head, and throw it to the crowd\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The band have also shared a video directed by the band’s own Gabriel Paschal Blake. Recorded on a camcorder, it’s the first self-directed set of visuals from the band, with bassist Blake having the following to say about the making of the video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I wanted to show the rag dolling that can occur to us going from one state of being to another, while always remaining being the same person. The extensions of ourselves that we create to protect ourselves even when we\u2019re alone, and the evident and necessary advice that we receive to continue following and perusing our passions from our friends and family, demonstrated by my own family friends Megan, Nic, Ruair\u00ed and Pump.

To me, \u2018Return My Head\u2019 is the desire to return your mind to a place of peace and stability, and the belief that to do so, is possible. We shot it in my old secondary school recreational hall. We produced it ourselves. At its best to me, the narrative of the \u2018Return My Head\u2019 about coming back to a safety.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch the video for Return My Head<\/em> via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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