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Eric Hernandez is currently one of Kylesa’s two drummers. (He’s the fellow in the hoodie below.) He’s also Capsule’s Phil Collins, doing drums and vocals. On the Miami band’s MySpace, you can see a live video of him. Capsule’s tones are tough, angular, and chewy. Circle Takes the Square comes to mind, but with lower pitched vocals. Drive Like Jehu, Slint, and ’90s Touch and Go also probably inspire the sound. The spindly riffs often splay out into bright, expansive peaks. Even as they careen to and fro, they pivot around big open chords. Hernandez sends songs skittering, yet pins them down with bursts of blastbeats. The effect is curiously dichotomous: wiry yet broad, small yet epic. Like Torche’s In Return EP, Blue (Robotic Empire, 2008) is only physically available as a gatefold 12″/CD combo package. A new record is already planned, due out later this year.
Heard a lot about these guys and they’re on my list of CD’s to buy!
Such is the power of Invisible Oranges that I was surprised to see this review, because I thought it was your recommendation that led to me getting this record in the first place!
I think the Circle Takes the Square comparison is apt, but Capsule shreds off most of the romanticism and little bits of seesaw melody. I really like _Blue_, but I wouldn’t describe it as particularly accessible. It requires a few listens before you can get into its world.
I am here to reaffirm that I am shallow by saying that this is the most beautiful sleeve I’ve seen in a while. It appeals to both the Yes fan and illuminated Latin manuscripts-obsessive [lol high school (to both items)] parts of myself.