So Young Issue Twenty-Two

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The Murder Capital ‘When I Have Fears’ is the debut album by The Murder

Damien Tuit: I think we’ve got a lot of respect for who’s

Capital. It’s an equally stunning and harrowing exploration

stuck around from the beginning till now. It’s kind of

of hope and fear, isolation and despair, understanding and

hilarious to see how many times Mick & Sonny have caught

finding solace in others. On the day of the record’s release,

us, the dedication is unparalleled.

I joined the group in their home of Dublin, Ireland to capture the relief, exposure and ecstasy emanating from this

J: Also, we’re at the very beginning now and today feels

unquestionably vital and rewarding group of people.

like another beginning in itself and we haven’t really started. Here’s the record, we have been working on it for

For you to have started all this here together in Dublin,

a while and we’ve been doing everything we can do to

how does it feel that it has now all come full circle?

communicate what we want to.

James McGovern: Well, when we started off we were

D: It feels like now we’re a band, now we have the album

playing shows to five people in upstairs rooms with seats

we’ve proved ourselves.

and two of the audience were family, and that wasn’t so long ago.

So does this feel like chapter one now?

Gabriel Pashal Blake: This venue (The Button Factory)

D: It’s felt like a dark secret, in that people have heard

was where I saw Damien and James for the first time. I just

the songs they’ve heard and the record is obviously so

remember coming in on a dark November night, raining like

much more than just the singles, I think especially with

it is now. That was the first time I walked in to anywhere

this album. Now that’s it out, it’s completely a load off

in Dublin and straight away felt like this is something that

your mind, and people know who you are now. It’s like if

completely resonates with what I want to do artistically. It

someone knew you from your social media profile and then

was the first time I heard music or saw a performance that

they finally met you.

was so perfect. So now to be a part of that and to see how far we’ve come in the year and with all the families coming,

J: Its wild releasing it, you feel incredibly exposed. Here’s

it feels like a christening or a communion.

everything we said, everything we wrote, every single thing we put together, all our experiences over the past couple

The fact that there is a real sense of occasion is obviously

years together, and everything is just there, and it really

a reaction to how your music is relating to people.

is contained within that. It’s a very intrusive feeling but a

How have you personally dealt with the way people are

beautiful one at that.

responding to your music? G: Someone sent me a really lovely text about the songs, J: That experience has been dripping through the ceiling for

they said “each song is a seed now for anyone else to grow

a long time, but it’s pretty wild to watch it today, with the

now whichever way they want to” and I thought that was

record here and a lot of people having waited for it for a

really beautiful.

while. It’s nice, you see a lot of people at different shows, everywhere, and you recognise them and know them. Everyone’s reaction is incredible really. I would like a little bit more hate…

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Words by Ross Jones, illustration by Ian Moore


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