The Murder CapitalBest The Murder Capital Albums Ranked
8.3
Avg Score
27
Opinions
5
Albums
8
Reviewers
Summary from 27 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated The Murder Capital’s catalog across 5 albums from 27 opinions, with an overall average of 8.3/10. The top-rated The Murder Capital album is When I Have Fears (2019) with a 8.5/10 average from 6 ratings, followed by Gigi's Recovery and Gigi’s Recovery. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2019 to 2025. A Thousand Lives ranks as the highest-rated The Murder Capital song on Rate.fm with a 8.3/10 average.
Gigi’s Recovery
“The Murder Capital’s lavishly poetic, intensely dour When I Have Fears was superb, an album so perfectly realised that any sequel could seem a pointless exercise. Thankfully, the Irish quintet disagreed. While Gigi’s Recovery isn’t always bursting with the joys of spring – a first draft was rejected for being “fucking depressing” – it extends their post-punk palette brilliantly beyond the monochro”
When I Have Fears
“Post-punk has been a fruitful genre for many a young band in recent years, with careers sustained by sounding like a facsimile of Joy Division. Dublin-based quintet the Murder Capital are surely familiar with that ensemble, and some of Diarmuid Brennan’s staccato drum beats would fit snugly on Unknown Pleasures. However, the band’s palette draws on decades of the genre, stretching from early lumin”
Gigi's Recovery
“Post-punk is undoubtedly one of the most exploited genres of the last 12 years. The proliferation of acts and bands with rough vocals, spoken-word delivery, noisy guitars and hammering drums has been unstoppable throughout much of the US and Europe, and finding an outstanding quality in this mare magnum of feedback and guttural lyrics is nearly impossible. Then, along came The Murder Capital. Al”
