Post punk group The Murder Capital have released their first single of the year ‘Can’t Pretend to Know’, out now.

The track was recorded in Los Angeles earlier this year with producer John Congelton (St Vincent, Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten) in an intense and fast paced session that prioritised urgency, energy and freshness.

Speaking of the single, frontman James McGovern comments: : “[It]’s a whip of a tune that we made to feel like a hurricane of colour and breathlessness.

“A surreal look at childhood innocence and all its replacers,” he continues, “those delicate bridges we burn as we move through the strangeways of our youth. Moulded by everything we come into contact with. Learning lessons from toys. Playing the parts that are asked of us.”

The release comes ahead of the band’s newly announced upcoming Australian & New Zealand dates, as well as a short UK tour in 2025.

The Murder Capital will also be supporting legendary Australian group Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds for the European leg of their 2024 dates.

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