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Blindness

The Murder Capital

Blindness

Third full-length album from the Dublin post-punk five-piece

ADM rating[?]

7.5

Label
Human Season
UK Release date
21/02/2025
US Release date
21/02/2025
  1. 9.0 |   DIY

    An album that feels both urgent and timeless
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  2. 8.3 |   Beats Per Minute

    It’s a record that captures The Murder Capital at their most raw and uncompromising – alive in the turbulence, unafraid of what lies within and around them
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  3. 8.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Blindness is a tenacious, spirited album, one which should put to rest any notion of the third-album curse hitting these talented young Irishmen
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  4. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    The album captures the band at their most independent, revelling in high-energy performances while embracing a broad eclecticism
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  5. 8.0 |   Far Out

    Blindness is a masterclass in keeping audiences engaged throughout the entirety of the tracklisting
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  6. 8.0 |   Clash

    A band continuing to prove why they are so much more than the post-punk tag delivered to them all those years earlier
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  7. 7.6 |   Northern Transmissions

    Each song proves to be refreshing, dynamic, and offers something new, with an underlying essence of rebellion and hope that strings them all together
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  8. 7.6 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    Stands as a collection of straightforward tunes, delivered as they are without undue varnish
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  9. 7.5 |   Under The Radar

    Even when Blindness doesn’t fully deliver on its most striking ideas, The Murder Capital remain a band worth watching—restless, searching, and always ready to keep their “hand in the flame”
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  10. 6.0 |   NME

    On their third album, the Irish band aim to purge the inertia behind their previous record, ‘Gigi’s Recovery’, but occasionally fall short
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  11. 6.0 |   Record Collector

    The Dublin-spawned post-punk quintet’s third long-player picks up precisely where 2023’s Gigi’s Recovery left off, but with a leaner, hungrier edge
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