Bloomington, Indiana quartet MURDER BY DEATH will begin recording their fifth full-length studio album in December at Bloomington-based Farm Fresh Studios. The forthcoming as-yet-untitled disc will be mixed by Trina Shoemaker (who produced 2008's Red of Tooth and Claw, Vagrant) and is scheduled for release next spring.

Adam Turla, MBD's singer, songwriter, and guitarist wrote most of the new material during two weeks he spent alone deep in the woods of Appalachia. "With this record, we wanted to write a more versatile and manic album," said Turla. "We are going for doomier, more beautiful, even a few songs in major keys (rare for us)… the whole kit-and-caboodle."

Murder By Death recently returned from a national tour as main support for Gaslight Anthem and also released an instrumental soundtrack to accompany the science-fiction book, Finch, by author Jeff VanderMeer. This past summer the band learned that director Quentin Tarantino was a fan when he hand-picked "Comin' Home" (from Red of Tooth and Claw) for the Inglorious Basterds movie trailer.

Released in March 2008, Red of Tooth and Claw was universally acclaimed for it's cinematic storytelling and as Paste Magazine noted of their performance on record - "every one of them a swirling, unapologetic tours-de-force." Performing Songwriter declared the album "a more personal, impactful and engaging record than the stellar offerings they've released thus far… MBD kick up a storm of dirty, killer American rock" and The Tripwire summed it up by saying, "label it whatever you want, isn't "great" just great?"

Murder By Death is: Adam Turla - vocals, guitar, Sarah Balliet - cello, keys, Matt Armstrong - bass, and Dagan Thogerson - drums.

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