The Murder Capital - Gigi’s Recovery

Human Season Records

The band’s second studio album, Gigi's Recovery, takes the ever so often damp-and-dour world of post-punk and adds colour to the painters palette. Dripping rich tears, the sweetest of taste, the deepest of regrets, The Murder Capital capture the most beautiful of murky waters.

Gigi's Recovery is home to a gorgeous use of texture. No other band musters up such lucid and vibrant walls of woe quite as well. You want to sink onto it - become one with the world. Taking a sunset stroll in the gardens of Gigi's Recovery, a place where trees breathe and hum and clouds inhale and sulk skywards, the rain is warm and lightly falls in each and every direction. Things spin on-and-off their axis by their own accord. The laws of the land aren't necessarily broken nor adhered to.

With little-to-no filler in sight, Gigi's Recovery veers clear of any bouts of drudgery. The project dips in energy - sure. But, dips in quality? Never. The subtlety on show is remarkable. The attention to detail impeccable. Few things enter the realm of sinister and soothing - contrasting, intriguing. The use of instrumental effects on Gigi's Recovery is jaw-dropping - lachrymose in their efficacy, they reel you in. You feel your heart jump as the right moment is met with the right sound and emotive pull. Nuance is where we separate the professional from the master - The Murder Capital are most certainly in-and-around the rim of mastery. Coming at the post-punk aesthetic with a fresh and well-needed point of approach, The Murder Capital lighten and brighten up the darkest of corners. Evoking the lighter shades of submerged mood has never sounded so pristine.

Existence. Exist.

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