After a quarter century of haunted highways, whiskey soaked stages, and the kind of songs that sneak into your bones, Murder By Death releases their final full length album, Egg & Dart, out today on all platforms.
It’s an ending, sure, but one that feels more like a reckoning than a curtain call. Egg & Dart is the kind of album you carry, simultaneously giving ghost story, love letter, and existential unpacking. It’s quiet in places, thunderous in others, but it never lets go of your hand.
Named for the classical pattern often found carved into crumbling stone columns, symbolizing life and death in one unbroken loop, the title alone sets the tone. These are songs written from the liminal space between holding on and letting go. You’ll find moments of joy here, yes. But also grief, uncertainty, defiance, gratitude. And a whole lot of honesty.
Recorded in Los Angeles with longtime collaborator Kevin Ratterman, Egg & Dart is MBD at their most personal. Where past records may have hidden behind Southern Gothic allegory or murder ballads with a wink, this one strips the veil. Frontman Adam Turla isn’t playing a character anymore. The heartbreak is real. The goodbyes are real. And the weight of closing a 25-year chapter is in every chord.
Across ten albums, Murder By Death has been a band hard to pin down – too twangy for indie, too cerebral for punk, too dark for folk, too literary for rock. And yet they’ve never needed a neat genre tag. They built something better, a fiercely loyal fanbase who showed up no matter the label. Who funded their albums, packed out their cave shows in Tennessee, and treated this band like family.
Now, they’re returning the favor, with an album that feels like a final letter home.
Standout tracks like “Letter to the Editor” and “Sorry” wrestle with regret and forgiveness. Others, like “Wandering,” sweep through with cinematic strings and a bittersweet waltz time sway. And of course, there’s “Lose You,” already earning praise for its aching vulnerability and gut punch honesty.
But Egg & Dart isn’t all sadness. There’s something strangely triumphant in its finality. Not every band gets to write their own ending. Fewer still get to make it this powerful.
To commemorate the release, a special edition vinyl, merch, bonus tracks, test pressings, and exclusive bundles are now available through the band’s webstore. But more importantly, MBD is hitting the road one last time.
The 2025 “Farewell Tour” kicks off June 19 and runs through November, hitting cities across North America and the U.K. Joining them on select dates are fellow travelers Laura Jane Grace, AJJ, William Elliott Whitmore, BJ Barham, and J Roddy Walston, among others. Many shows are already sold out, unsurprising for a band that’s always been better at word of mouth than press kits.
For those still grieving the end, there’s a small light: MBD plans to continue their annual residency at The Caverns in Pelham, TN. It won’t be a tour, it won’t be the same, but it’ll be something.
Because some stories never really end. They just echo on.
Murder By Death – Farewell Tour 2025
Jun-07 — Bloomington, IN — Granfalloon Festival
Jun-19 — Newport, KY — Southgate House * (SOLD OUT)
Jun-20 — Detroit, MI — St. Andrew’s Hall *
Jun-21 — Toronto, ON — Danforth Music Hall *
Jun-22 — Montreal, QC — Le Studio TD *
Jun-23 — Woodstock, NY — Bearsville Theater *
Jun-25 — Norwalk CT — District Music Hall *
Jun-26 — Portland, ME — State Theatre *
Jun-27 — Boston, MA — Paradise Rock Club * (SOLD OUT)
Jun-28 — Brooklyn, NY — Warsaw *
Jun-29 — Asbury Park, NJ — Asbury Lanes *
Jul-01 — Cleveland Heights, OH — Grog Shop * (SOLD OUT)
Jul-02 — Cleveland Heights, OH — Grog Shop * (SOLD OUT)
Jul-04 — Pelham, TN — The Caverns ! (SOLD OUT)
Jul-05 — Pelham, TN — The Caverns * (SOLD OUT)
Jul-09 — Millersville, PA — Phantom Power *
Jul-10 — Baltimore, MD — Union Craft Brewing * (SOLD OUT)
Jul-11 — Washington, DC — Black Cat * (SOLD OUT)
Jul-12 — Philadelphia, PA — Union Transfer *
Jul-13 — Pittsburgh, PA — Mr. Smalls * (SOLD OUT)
Jul-15 — Grand Rapids, MI — The Pyramid Scheme * (SOLD OUT)
Jul-16 — Chicago, IL — Thalia Hall *
Jul-17 — Chicago, IL — Thalia Hall * (SOLD OUT)
Jul-18 — Madison, WI — The Sylvee *
Jul-19 — Minneapolis, MN — First Avenue
Jul-20 — Maquoketa, IA — Codfish Hollow Barnstormers * (SOLD OUT)
Jul-26 — Louisville, KY — The Big Stomp (NEW SHOW ADDED)
Aug-21 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre * (NEW SHOW ADDED)
Aug-22 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre * (NEW SHOW ADDED)
Aug-23 – Ft. Collins, CO – Tour de Fat (NEW SHOW ADDED)
Sep-21 — Atlanta, GA — Shaky Knees (NEW SHOW ADDED)
Sep-27 — London, UK — Islington Hall
Oct-15 — St. Louis, MO — Delmar Hall ^ (SOLD OUT)
Oct-16 — Lawrence, KS — Liberty Hall ^
Oct-17 — Denver, CO — Ogden Theatre ! (SOLD OUT)
Oct-18 — Aspen, CO — Belly Up !
Oct-19 — Salt Lake City, UT — Depot !
Oct-20 — Boise, ID — Treefort Music Hall !
Oct-22 – Bellingham, WA – Mount Baker Theatre ! (NEW SHOW ADDED)
Oct-23 — Seattle, WA — The Crocodile $
Oct-24 — Seattle, WA — The Crocodile ! (SOLD OUT)
Oct-25 — Portland, OR — Revolution Hall !
Oct-26 — Portland, OR — Revolution Hall $
Oct-28 — Berkeley, CA — UC Theatre !
Oct-29 — Los Angeles, CA — Belasco Theatre !
Oct-30 — Solana Beach, CA — Belly Up !
Oct-31 — Pioneertown, CA — Pappy & Harriet’s !
Nov-01 — Phoenix, AZ — Van Buren !
Nov-02 — Santa Fe, NM — Tumbleroot !
Nov-05 — Dallas, TX — The Kessler Theater !
Nov-06 — Austin, TX — Mohawk !
Nov-07 — Austin, TX — Mohawk !
Nov-08 — Houston, TX — Heights Theater !
Nov-10 — Tampa, FL — The Orpheum
Nov-11 — Orlando, FL — The Social #
Nov-13 — Charleston, SC — Music Farm
Nov-14 — Asheville, NC — Grey Eagle # (SOLD OUT)
Nov-15 — Louisville, KY — Old Forester’s Paristown Hall #%
* w/ Laura Jane Grace
^ w/ William Elliott Whitmore
! w/ AJJ
$ w/ Shawn James
# w/ BJ Barham
% w/ J Roddy Walston
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