Date: 03/06/2009
Murder By Death at Otto's Night Club
by Press Release
DeKalb IL- Kickstand productions is proud to announce the triumphant return of the Bloomington Indiana’s own MURDER BY DEATH! Playing their first show in town since selling out The House Café last May, Murder By Death will be performing at Otto’s Nightclub (118 E. Lincoln Hwy) on Monday Apr. 20th at 9pm. Tickets will be 12 dollars both in advance and the day of the show.
Though they’ve had eight years to refine their sound and vision, Murder By Death rolled out of the gates fully realized in 2000, playing a blend of rocking Americana noir and dramatic post-punk that erased old style and audience boundaries as much as it tested the limits of new ones. And with their fourth album and Vagrant debut, ‘Red Of Tooth And Claw’ (3/4/08), the Bloomington, Indiana, quartet are emerging as true artists in the zero-boundary sense: cinematic storytellers whose albums come together in an essential whole, and players whose jaw-dropping performances on record make you yearn for the chance to experience their energy up close and in person.
As much as the band’s previous full-lengths—2002’s Like The Exorcist, But More Breakdancing; 2003’s Who Will Survive, And What Will Be Left Of Them?; and 2006’s In Bocca Al Lupo—document this evolution, Red Of Tooth And Claw finds Murder By Death at the height of their powers. Recorded with Grammy-winning producer Trina Shoemaker (Queens Of The Stone Age, Emmylou Harris, Iggy Pop) at Dark Horse studios in Tennessee, the album captures the drama and nuance of MBD’s sound without compromising a lick of the band’s energy. And as longtime followers of their narrative grit—equal parts Old West drama and Old Testament justice—will be glad to know, MBD’s subject matter also hasn’t softened for album No. 4. Rife with lust, betrayal, and classical archetypes of good and evil, Red Of Tooth And Claw is, as singer/guitarist Adam Turla puts it, a “Homer’s Odyssey of revenge, only without the honorable character at the center.”
Murder By Death have shared stages with artists as musically and geographically far-flung as Against Me!, Rev. Horton Heat, the Pogues, Clutch and Flogging Molly but the m.o. for their music has existed since day one. It’ll come as no surprise to anyone who’s pored over MBD’s lyrics that between them, Turla and cellist Sarah Balliet have degrees in religious studies and anthropology; however, beyond the band members’ book-smarts lies a shared love not only of American roots music, but of the gut-level emotion at that music’s core. It’s one thing to be a rock band that writes concept albums, but MBD is not drawn to the sort of clinical, pretentious trappings usually associated with that idea. As Turla explains, “The real energy in our songs comes from stuff like the sexual tension, the murder, the drinking and basically any other dirt you find between the lines.” Joining Murder By Death will be local super-group extraordinaire Kid, You’ll Move Mountains (ex Troubled Hubble, Inspector Owl & El Oso).
If you are interested in setting up an interview, do not hesitate to get in touch through the contact info listed above.
Don't miss this amazing opportunity to see MURDER BY DEATH at Otto‘s Nightclub in DeKalb on April 20th 2009. For information regarding advance tickets or for all other inquiries visit our website www.kickstandproductions.net / www.ottosdekalb.com
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