I saw Murder By Death on Tuesday night for the 2nd time. Although they put on a great show, it wasn't quite as great as I remember. This may be because their last tour was in support of their sophomore album Who Will Survive and What Will Be Left of Them?, which is simply fantastic from start to finish. Since then they have put out 2 more albums, In Bocca Al Lupo and Red of Tooth and Claw - both have some similarly depressing, cello-guided rock songs, but just don't seem to hold together as well. On the other hand, Who Will Survive... remains a cohesive collection of songs about the devil, whiskey, desert towns, the old times, and "murder by death," sung by a modern-day Johnny Cash. "The Devil in Mexico" kicks off the album and sets the overall lyrical narrative of the devil's revenge after his attempted murder in a bar - "well the devil's bleedin crude oil from a hole in his chest/and its panging on the bedpan drippin through the bedsheets/and all the businessmen are putting pails beneath his wounds/and pawnin the oil at the market." Check out anything Murder By Death does, but this is a great place to start.Murder By Death - The Devil in Mexico
Murder By Death - Until Morale Improves, The Beatings Will Continue
Murder By Death - A Masters In Reverse Psychology
from Who Will Survive and What Will Be Left of Them?
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I haven't seen them live, but definitely can say that Who Will Survive... is one of the greatest albums I've ever bought. The two most recent albums have gone in a different direction; unfortunately for me, that direction does not happen to be towards the end of the music spectrum I most enjoy.
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