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September 25, 2007
Recorded over twelve months in the band’s home city is a snapshot of the band’s evolution from early minimal folk (”Oh My Mod”) to darker, more atmospheric pieces (such as “Social Security Number”) and pretty much everything in between (“My Tears Cure Cancer”, “Bobby Chops”, and “Huck Fin”) .
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Biography
The members of Capgun Coup, Sam Martin, Greg Elsasser, Eric Ohlsson and Andy Matz, are not the most well-versed students of rock music, and so their debut album, Nebraskafish, demonstrates a refined sonic schizophrenia.
The story starts three years ago in suburban Omaha, Nebraska, where Elsasser and Martin began playing music together. Mutual boredom and an interest in avant noise would fuel the duo’s early collaborations, but after a move downtown and after the addition of two members (Matz on bass and Ohlsson on drums), Capgun Coup became less interested in white noise, and completely enamored with pop.
The result is an album that is as much an homage to basement shows and house parties as it is to the indie pop tradition. The rich interplay between Elsasser’s spacey noise samples and Martin’s pop sensibility creates a backbone and organization that has only been solidified with the addition of Ohlsson and Matz.
Nebraskafish, recorded over twelve months in the band’s home city of Omaha is a snapshot of Capgun’s evolution from early minimal folk (”Oh My Mod”) to darker, more atmospheric pieces (such as “Social Security Number”). According to Martin and Elsasser, the album is an attempt to “tie the last two years of songwriting together … it’s music meant to be heard in a close setting with friends.” Preferably a hundred of them, all dancing, in a sweaty, musty basement. Just don’t
request a Minutemen cover.
On Tour
02/21 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
02/24 Lincoln, NE Box Awesome
02/27 Phoenix, AZ Modified Arts
02/28 Pomona, CA The Glasshouse w/ Tilly & the Wall
02/29 Los Angeles, CA The Echo w/ Tilly & the Wall
03/02 San Francisco, CA NoisePop Festival w/ Tilly & the Wall
03/04 Portland, OR Doug Fir w/ Tilly & the Wall
03/05 Seattle, WA Chop Suey w/ Tilly & the Wall
03/16 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn w/ Tilly & the Wall
03/17 Carrboro, NC Local 506 w/ Tilly & the Wall
03/18 Washington, D.C. Rock N Roll Hotel w/ Tilly & the Wall
03/19 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church w/ Tilly & the Wall
03/21 New York, NY The Knitting Factory w/ Tilly & the Wall
03/22 Boston The Middle East (Downstairs) w/Tilly & the Wall
03/24 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop w/ Tilly & the Wall
03/25 Chicago, IL Subterranean w/ Tilly & the Wall
03/27 Fargo, ND The Aquarium
03/28 Minot, ND The Red Carpet
04/03 Madison, WI The University of Wisconsin w/ Cursive
04/04 Iowa City, IA The Mill (Mission Creek Music Festival) w/ Cursive
04/05 Columbia, MO Mojo’s w/ Cursive
04/06 St. Louis, MO The Gargoyle w/ Cursive
Lists
Capgun Coup’s Top 10
Andy Matz’s Top 5
Media
Huck Fin (Music Video)
Press
crawdaddy!: capgun coup moves out
from the basement
studlife: album review
retrolofi: album review
pitchfork: album review
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Contacts
Booking Agent: Sean @ eleven11
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