Murder By Death To Release Split 7-Inch
Oh snap! More MURDER BY DEATH music is coming our way! It’s virtually impossible for us to hate anything this band does so we’re officially excited.
The band is putting out a 7-inch with tourmate and longtime friend. William Elliot Whitmore. This isn’t the first collaboration between The Death and Whitmore. Back in 2003 Whitmore provided some sing-about-buckshot-through-a-telephone backing vocals for the band’s sophomore album, Who Will Survive, And What Will Be Left Of Them?
They are doing this release in the classic split 7-inch style, with the band’s covering each other’s songs. Murder By Death hopes to make this the first of many future splits done in this style.
The pressing will be limited and available through a pre-order on their website starting September 15th. The band also plans to sell copies on their national tour with Whitmore. The artwork for the split will be done by Drew James, the same artist who did the art for Who Will Survive…
The Death’s have also convinced former keyboardist, Vincent Edwards to sit in with them for one of their Chicago dates (11.20 at the Metro). The remaining Vincent-less tour dates can be seen after the jump.
Tour Dates For Murder By Death:
08/28 – Indianapolis, IN – Birdy’s ^
08/20 – Madison, WI – The Annex ^
08/30 – Cedar Rapids, IA – Mission Creek Music And Arts Festival
08/31 – Chicago, IL – Bash On Wabash (free show)
09/18 – Champaign, IL – Pygmalion Festival
10/22 – Knoxville, TN – The Pilot Light ^
10/23 – Atlanta, GA – The Drunken Unicorn #
10/24 – Orlando FL – The Backbooth #
10/25 – Gainesville, FL – Common Grounds #
10/27 – Birmingham, AL – BottleTree #
10/28 – New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks #
10/29 – Hattiesburg, MS – Thirsty Hippo #
10/30 – Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves #
10/31 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s BBQ #
11/01 – Tulsa, OK – The Marquee #
11/02 – Joplin, MO – The Foundry Music Theatre #
11/04 – Louisville, KY – Uncle Pleasants #
11/05 – Raleigh, NC – The Brewery #
11/06 – Virginia Beach, VA – Steppin Out #
11/07 – Richmond, VA – Canal Club Lounge #
11/08 – Baltimore, MD – The Ottobar #
11/09 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church #
11/11 – Hoboken, NJ – Maxwell’s #
11/12 – Brooklyn, NY – Southpaw #
11/13 – Northampton, MA – Pearl Street #
11/14 – So. Burlington, VT – Higher Ground #
11/15 – Boston, MA – Cafe 939 at Berklee #
11/17 – Buffalo, NY – Mohawk Place #
11/18 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Cafe #
11/19 – Columbus, OH – The Basement #
11/20 – Chicago, IL – Metro #
11/21 – Lansing, MI – Mac’s Bar #
11/22 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop #
^ – Headlining w/ local openers
# – w/ openers William Elliott Whitmore, J Roddy Walston, The Business