As long as there is whiskey in the world.

The indie folk band Mumford & Sons became very popular in Belgium since I posted about their album some months ago. However, I dare to question if it's cause of my blog...

Now another folk band is going to send their new album to the record stores.
Murder By Death, a foursome from Indiana, will release their fifth album, Good Morning Magpie, on April 4.

Many of the bands I'm listening to these last times, are very into cello and strings: Owen Pallet (which I'm going to see tonight! So you can expect a revue this week), Joanna Newsom, Geographer, not to forget Johannes Brahms!
And also Murder By Death uses the warm power of the magnificent cello. (Although it's said that it's an electronic cello).

They sound as I said a bit like Mumford and Sons but the vocals of singer Adam Turla remind me of Elbow! And also their rock songs are a bit Elbow-ish, certainly with those strings.
They're not afraid to use some influences of rock, blues and country. So we don't have to be afraid to compare them with monseigneur Johnny Cash.

The new album is excellent folk-rock. Adam Turla tells us some stories with his narrative voice.


The second song is one of the best on the album: As long As There Is Whiskey In The World. It's quite country-like and it does remind me of Little Lion Man (Mumford And Sons).
The Dark Streets Below is more a blues-folk song, with the trumpets and wild jazzy drums.
In the middle of the album they take a turn into the direction of rock, supported by the cello. Piece By Piece is definitely a firm rock song.

Foxglove crowns the cello as main instrument, which is very nice as it's played very tense. One of my favourite tracks!
After this highlight the earth turns dark for the very heavy White Noise, an amazing mysterious track, it reminds me of dEUS and Jeffrey Lee Pierce.
To end all this darkness the album concludes with a wild rock song, The Day, not that great, but still ok.

Good Morning Magpie is a decent and even admirable album, unfortunately some songs sound a bit less intense.



Tracklist:

1. Kentucky Burbon
2. As Long As There Is Whiskey In The World
3. On The Dark Streets Below
4. King Of The Gutters, Prince Of The Dogs
5. Piece By Piece
6. Good Morning, Magpie
7. You Don't Miss Twice
8. Yes
9. Foxglove
10. White Noise
11. The Day

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Murder By Death - Foxgloves mp3