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THE MURDERBIRDS – IT’S NOT GOING TO KILL YOU The Murderbirds’ long-awaited debut album, It’s Not Going To Kill You, is the product of love, loss and labour… and is all the better for it. Back in mid-2016, the band released its first EP, Karma Crow, and preparations were already well under way for a full-length album to follow some 12 months later. The (then) trio had a significant amount of demo recordings to work from but lost the lot due to a computer malfunction. “For some reason I hadn’t backed them up,” s vocalist/guitarist, Matthew Pratt, “so we had to re-record a lot of stuff. In saying that, we were able to get much better recordings and the songs were actually rewritten quite a bit as well.” It’s an obstacle that must have seemed pretty insurmountable upon discovery, but it reflects something of the band’s fortitude that they used the setback as an opportunity to improve in all respects. “Getting over that hurdle was the biggest thing and it’s all about a learning curve at