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Date: Sunday, August 05, 2012
Start Time: 9:00 PM
Event Type: Concerts, Special Events
Last Updated: July 29, 2012
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Murder By DeathHa Ha TonkaTbaMurder By DeathThey may call Bloomington, Indiana, home, but since their 2000 formation, Murder by Death have been a band without musical borders. Theirs is a world where Old West murder ballads mingle with rock-injected Western classicism; where an albums sequencing can take listeners from a haunted back alley in rural Mexico to a raucous Irish pub. All of which is to say, Murder by Death albums dont just string together songs; they create experiences. With their fifth album (and second for Vagrant), Good Morning, Magpie (04/06/10), Murder by Death continue the tradition of border expansion that drove career standouts like 2006s In Bocca al Lupo and 2008s Red of Tooth and Claw. The difference, however, is that this time, the band literally went off the map to get there.Going into the woods helped me write in a way I never wouldve been able to otherwise, says singer/guitarist Adam Turla, recalling the 2009 retreat into the Tennessee mountains during which, armed with little more than a tent, a fishing pole and a notebook, he wrote the 11 songs that would become Good Morning, Magpie. There were days where Id sit down and write for seven hours, make dinner, and then sit down and write late into the night with my little camp light going: just intense, nonstop sessions of pure writing. Ive never worked that way, ever, because with all the business of being a band, Ive never had so little to do! Every day I was either cooking, hiking while writing, or writing. I didnt speak to a single person the whole time.Be that as it may, Good Morning, Magpie still speaks volumes. Recorded at Bloomingtons Farm Fresh Studios with Jake Belser (who most recently worked with MBD on their all-instrumental soundtrack to Jeff Vandermeers 2009 book Finch), and mixed by Grammy-winning Red of Tooth and Claw producer Trina Shoemaker, the album weaves 11 disparate stories into a whole thats unlike anything else in the bands catalog. These songs definitely come together as an album; we just arent relying on a concept this time, says Turla, referencing the conceptual storylines that drove Murder by Deaths last two albums as well as 2002s Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them? Being out in the woods with no pressure freed me up to explore different moods and different stories, all of which became linked through the experience I had writing them: just that sheer sprint of working in isolation.They may call Bloomington, Indiana, home, but since their 2000 formation, Murder by Death have been a band without musical borders. Theirs is a world where Old West murder ballads mingle with rock-injected Western classicism; where an albums sequencing can take listeners from a haunted back alley in rural Mexico to a raucous Irish pub. All of which is to say, Murder by Death albums dont just string together songs; they create experiences. With their fifth album (and second for Vagrant), Good Morning, Magpie (04/06/10), Murder by Death continue the tradition of border expansion that drove career standouts like 2006s In Bocca al Lupo and 2008s Red of Tooth and Claw. The difference, however, is that this time, the band literally went off the map to get there.Going into the woods helped me write in a way I never wouldve been able to otherwise, says singer/guitarist Adam Turla, recalling the 2009 retreat into the Tennessee mountains during which, armed with little more than a tent, a fishing pole and a notebook, he wrote the 11 songs that would become Good Morning, Magpie. There were days where Id sit down and write for seven hours, make dinner, and then sit down and write late into the night with my little camp light going: just intense, nonstop sessions of pure writing. Ive never worked that way, ever, because with all the business of being a band, Ive never had so little to do! Every day I was either cooking, hiking while writing, or writing. I didnt speak to a single person the whole time.Be that as it may, Good Morning, Magpie still speaks volumes. Recorded at Bloomingtons Farm Fresh Studios with Jake Belser (who most recently worked with MBD on their all-instrumental soundtrack to Jeff Vandermeers 2009 book Finch), and mixed by Grammy-winning Red of Tooth and Claw producer Trina Shoemaker, the album weaves 11 disparate stories into a whole thats unlike anything else in the bands catalog. These songs definitely come together as an album; we just arent relying on a concept this time, says Turla, referencing the conceptual storylines that drove Murder by Deaths last two albums as well as 2002s Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them? Being out in the woods with no pressure freed me up to explore different moods and different stories, all of which became linked through the experience I had writing them: just that sheer sprint of working in isolation.They may call Bloomington, Indiana, home, but since their 2000 formation, Murder by Death have been a band without musical borders. Theirs is a world where Old West murder ballads mingle with rock-injected Western classicism; where an albums sequencing can take listeners from a haunted back alley in rural Mexico to a raucous Irish pub. All of which is to say, Murder by Death albums dont just string together songs; they create experiences. With their fifth album (and second for Vagrant), Good Morning, Magpie (04/06/10), Murder by Death continue the tradition of border expansion that drove career standouts like 2006s In Bocca al Lupo and 2008s Red of Tooth and Claw. The difference, however, is that this time, the band literally went off the map to get there.Going into the woods helped me write in a way I never wouldve been able to otherwise, says singer/guitarist Adam Turla, recalling the 2009 retreat into the Tennessee mountains during which, armed with little more than a tent, a fishing pole and a notebook, he wrote the 11 songs that would become Good Morning, Magpie. There were days where Id sit down and write for seven hours, make dinner, and then sit down and write late into the night with my little camp light going: just intense, nonstop sessions of pure writing. Ive never worked that way, ever, because with all the business of being a band, Ive never had so little to do! Every day I was either cooking, hiking while writing, or writing. I didnt speak to a single person the whole time.Be that as it may, Good Morning, Magpie still speaks volumes. Recorded at Bloomingtons Farm Fresh Studios with Jake Belser (who most recently worked with MBD on their all-instrumental soundtrack to Jeff Vandermeers 2009 book Finch), and mixed by Grammy-winning Red of Tooth and Claw producer Trina Shoemaker, the album weaves 11 disparate stories into a whole thats unlike anything else in the bands catalog. These songs definitely come together as an album; we just arent relying on a concept this time, says Turla, referencing the conceptual storylines that drove Murder by Deaths last two albums as well as 2002s Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them? Being out in the woods with no pressure freed me up to explore different moods and different stories, all of which became linked through the experience I had writing them: just that sheer sprint of working in isolation.They may call Bloomington, Indiana, home, but since their 2000 formation, Murder by Death have been a band without musical borders. Theirs is a world where Old West murder ballads mingle with rock-injected Western classicism; where an albums sequencing can take listeners from a haunted back alley in rural Mexico to a raucous Irish pub. All of which is to say, Murder by Death albums dont just string together songs; they create experiences. With their fifth album (and second for Vagrant), Good Morning, Magpie (04/06/10), Murder by Death continue the tradition of border expansion that drove career standouts like 2006s In Bocca al Lupo and 2008s Red of Tooth and Claw. The difference, however, is that this time, the band literally went off the map to get there.Going into the woods helped me write in a way I never wouldve been able to otherwise, says singer/guitarist Adam Turla, recalling the 2009 retreat into the Tennessee mountains during which, armed with little more than a tent, a fishing pole and a notebook, he wrote the 11 songs that would become Good Morning, Magpie. There were days where Id sit down and write for seven hours, make dinner, and then sit down and write late into the night with my little camp light going: just intense, nonstop sessions of pure writing. Ive never worked that way, ever, because with all the business of being a band, Ive never had so little to do! Every day I was either cooking, hiking while writing, or writing. I didnt speak to a single person the whole time.Be that as it may, Good Morning, Magpie still speaks volumes. Recorded at Bloomingtons Farm Fresh Studios with Jake Belser (who most recently worked with MBD on their all-instrumental soundtrack to Jeff Vandermeers 2009 book Finch), and mixed by Grammy-winning Red of Tooth and Claw producer Trina Shoemaker, the album weaves 11 disparate stories into a whole thats unlike anything else in the bands catalog. These songs definitely come together as an album; we just arent relying on a concept this time, says Turla, referencing the conceptual storylines that drove Murder by Deaths last two albums as well as 2002s Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them? Being out in the woods with no pressure freed me up to explore different moods and different stories, all of which became linked through the experience I had writing them: just that sheer sprint of working in isolation.They may call Bloomington, Indiana, home, but since their 2000 formation, Murder by Death have been a band without musical borders. Theirs is a world where Old West murder ballads mingle with rock-injected Western classicism; where an albums sequencing can take listeners from a haunted back alley in rural Mexico to a raucous Irish pub. All of which is to say, Murder by Death albums dont just string together songs; they create experiences. With their fifth album (and second for Vagrant), Good Morning, Magpie (04/06/10), Murder by Death continue the tradition of border expansion that drove career standouts like 2006s In Bocca al Lupo and 2008s Red of Tooth and Claw. The difference, however, is that this time, the band literally went off the map to get there.Going into the woods helped me write in a way I never wouldve been able to otherwise, says singer/guitarist Adam Turla, recalling the 2009 retreat into the Tennessee mountains during which, armed with little more than a tent, a fishing pole and a notebook, he wrote the 11 songs that would become Good Morning, Magpie. There were days where Id sit down and write for seven hours, make dinner, and then sit down and write late into the night with my little camp light going: just intense, nonstop sessions of pure writing. Ive never worked that way, ever, because with all the business of being a band, Ive never had so little to do! Every day I was either cooking, hiking while writing, or writing. I didnt speak to a single person the whole time.Be that as it may, Good Morning, Magpie still speaks volumes. Recorded at Bloomingtons Farm Fresh Studios with Jake Belser (who most recently worked with MBD on their all-instrumental soundtrack to Jeff Vandermeers 2009 book Finch), and mixed by Grammy-winning Red of Tooth and Claw producer Trina Shoemaker, the album weaves 11 disparate stories into a whole thats unlike anything else in the bands catalog. These songs definitely come together as an album; we just arent relying on a concept this time, says Turla, referencing the conceptual storylines that drove Murder by Deaths last two albums as well as 2002s Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them? Being out in the woods with no pressure freed me up to explore different moods and different stories, all of which became linked through the experience I had writing them: just that sheer sprint of working in isolation.