The Murder Capital - When I Have Fears
Critic Score
Based on 19 reviews
2019 Ratings: #37 / 805
User Score
Based on 531 ratings
2019 Rank: #144
Liked by 30 people
August 16, 2019 / Release Date
LP / Format
Human Season / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
The Guardian

It’s an outstanding debut from a great new band who play it like they mean it.

100
Upset

The Murder Capital may have arrived as if in a flash of lightning, but all the evidence is pointing towards that this is a band here for the long run.

90
DIY

There are a fair few legendary bands out there that were never quite as good as The Murder Capital are right now.

80
Clash

Excellent lyrics play a vital role to The Murder Capital, and it is no exaggeration to say that there would be no music without them.

80
musicOMH

It’s a collection that will make you think for yourself and one that will keep on giving for a considerable time.

80
Dork

The Murder Capital offer a variation on the post-punk theme that even if not entirely new, maintains a certain tenderness amid the noise.

MasterCrackfox
84

It seems that recently as new post-punk outfits have been popping up we end up comparing each one to it's contemporaries. Fontaines DC was given the same treatment upon their debut, but I think it's worth elaborating on where The Murder Capital's debut When I Have Fears differs tremendously from these acts and shifts their sound in different directions from these contemporaries.

For one, I'm seeing a lot of IDLES comparisons. IDLES are of course under the same post-punk umbrella but are far ... read more

10lawrencej
70

Oh look it's interesting Fontaines DC

SnowyFighter
75

Fears suck

The Murder Capital’s debut record doesn’t quite live up to their new one for me, but it’s still solid. I think the reason why I like the new one more is mainly the vocals. They feel a lot more refined on that record while on this one they can sound a little off. But still come on the opener is still dramatic and great, both Slowdance tracks are cool as a pair and the ending goes incredibly hard, and also Feeling Fades is also good. Good stuff overall and I love ... read more

Pieter
92

This record is the shit. Such a good album and deserves way more praise.

kaimasonnn
95

Fontaines dc if they weren't a bit boring

MorVill
100

The Murder Capital's debut is one of the greatest albums to come out of the Irish Punk scene.
James McGovern's poem like writing brings a beautifully dark feel to his vocals, with a dark gritty sounding delivery. The writing on this is phenomenal! One thing that i see alot is Fontaines DC copy-cats and that turned me off of alot of bands because nothing seemed new and exciting, original are daring, and then TMC came along and blew me feckin MIND!

Thank you James, Damien, Cathal, Gabriel & ... read more

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Added on: July 22, 2019