The Murder Capital – A Distant Life

With A Distant Life, The Murder Capital offers one last glimpse into Blindness (out via Human Season Records). Frontman James McGovern wrote the lyrics in transit, inspired by a podcast discussing Margaret Atwood’s All Bread. He wanted the music to feel naive and unaffected, like love itself. Standing behind a Liverpool venue, he asked guitarist Irv to play two chords back and forth, and the song took shape instantly.

Where Blindness explores faith, denial, and the unknown, A Distant Life zooms in on something smaller but just as profound: a longing for closeness, even if only for a moment. It’s a softer side of The Murder Capital, but no less affecting.