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The Murder Capital

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HE Murder Capital ended 2019 on a roll. The Dublin quintet’s powerful debut, , had reached the Top 20 on the back of a string of great reviews. Their subsequent tour of the UK and Europe was an intense but celebratory affair, gigs often ending with singer James McGovern carried above the audience’s heads. Then their momentum

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