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New Murder By Death next year

Posted by Loren on December 6, 2014

New Murder By Death next year
New Murder By Death next year

The seemingly always touring Murder By Death have announced a new record to be released on Feb. 3, 2015. The new album, on Bloodshot Records, will be named Big Dark Love and is their 7th full-length as a group. It contains 10 new songs.

They last released Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon in 2012.

Big Dark Love track listing:

1. I Shot An Arrow

2. Strange Eyes

3. Big Dark Love

4. Dream in Red

5. Solitary One

6. Send Me Home

7. The Last thing

8. Natural Pearl

9. It Will Never Die

10. Hunted

 

Tour dates:

30-Dec Denver, CO
Gothic Theater w/ Lucero
31-Dec Denver, CO
Gothic Theater w/ Lucero
2-Jan Estes Park, CO
Stanley Hotel 3-Jane
Estes Park, CO
Stanley Hotel
4-Jan Estes Park, CO
Stanley Hotel
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 Cafe
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
Subterranean

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