You Should Know: Capgun Coup
We at AvantTrash come from the Midwest. Nebraska, specifically. The dead center of the country. The Heartland. The Great Plains. Sound boring? It can be! (There’s a reason most of us fled to the big city besides the outstanding warrants.) But when there is an absence of “something to do”, you are afforded the unique opportunity to make your own good time. This is not a vacuum of creativity, it is a ground as fertile as the dirt beneath your feet. When you don’t have a venue for your band in the Midwest, you go underground…literally. Most bands I’ve ever been in came not from garages, but basements. Some of the best shows I’ve ever seen were subterranean.
There’s a house in Omaha that for the better part of 20 years has been a kind of artists commune. It’s parties are as notorious as it’s residents. Infamous even. It’s called Hotel Frank and this is the environment that Capgun Coup was borne from. Their new record Maudlin has that lazy lo-fi punk sound nailed. Each song on this album sounds like it could come from a different record. I guess that shows their flexibility as artists but cuts in a bit to the territory of the Black Lips and Jay Reatard, but a bit more sophisticated. So even at times a bit like a dirty, midwest Little Joy, but without all the cuteness.
Capgun Coup’s sophomore album Maudlin comes out TODAY and is the follow up to 2007’s Brought to You by Nebraskafish both albums are available for purchase via Conor Oberst*’s Team Love Records website.
Yesterday, RCRD LBL premiered the second single off the new album, “Sitting On The Sidewalk.” The song can now be downloaded here. Additionally, a full album stream of Maudlin is currently available for the week on AOL Music’s Spinner blog. Last month, the first single off the album, “Bad Bands”, premiered on MagnetMagazine.com.
Capgun Coup is also now confirmed to support Cursive* on a November/December tour. The tour begins November 24th in Lawrence, KS, and wraps up December 13th in both bands’ hometown of Omaha, NE, at Lash’s 6th Annual Toy Drive, which benefits the children of the Porcupine District of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
CAPGUN COUP FALL TOUR DATES:
NOV. 7 OMAHA, NE OLD ORIFACE
NOV. 24 LAWRENCE, KS BOTTLENECK w/ Cursive
NOV. 25 SPRINGFIELD, MO OUTLAND BALLROOM w/ Cursive
NOV. 27 DENTON, TX HAILEY’S w/ Cursive
NOV. 28 AUSTIN, TX MOHAWK w/ Cursive
NOV. 29 MCALLEN, TX CINE EL REY w/ Cursive
DEC. 1 BATON ROUGE, LA SPANISH MOON w/ Cursive
DEC. 2 NEW ORLEANS, LA ONE EYED JACKS w/ Cursive
DEC. 3 MOBILE, AL ALABAMA MUSIC BOX w/ Cursive
DEC. 4 PENSACOLA, FL SLUGGO’S w/ Cursive
DEC. 5 ORLANDO, FL THE SOCIAL w/ Cursive
DEC. 6 GAINESVILLE, FL COMMON GROUNDS w/ Cursive
DEC. 7 ATLANTA, GA LENNY’S w/ Cursive
DEC. 8 OXFORD, MS PROUD LARRY’S w/ Cursive
DEC. 9 LITTLE ROCK, AR THE REV ROOM w/ Cursive
DEC. 10 FAYETTEVILLE, AR GEORGE’S MAJESTIC LOUNGE w/ Cursive
DEC. 11 COLUMBIA, MO MOJO’S w/ Cursive
DEC. 13 OMAHA, NE WAITING ROOM w/ Cursive
(LASH’S 6TH ANNUAL TOY DRIVE)
* former residents of an incarnation of Hotel Frank
Tags: Basement Parties, Bright Eyes, Capgun Coup, Conor Oberst, Cursive, Farnham, Hotel Frank, Maudlin
