{"id":15244,"date":"2021-04-27T05:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T05:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=15244"},"modified":"2021-04-17T22:16:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T22:16:23","slug":"capra-in-transmission-metal-blade-records-blacklight-media-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=15244","title":{"rendered":"Capra \u2013 \u2018In Transmission\u2019 (Metal Blade Records \/ Blacklight Media Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Looking for a fresh focus following a ninety-day stint in rehab in 2016, guitarist Tyler Harper formed Capra with drummer, Jeremy Randazzo. With bassist Ben Paramore and vocalist Crow Lotus completing the line-up, \u2018In Transmission\u2019 finds the Lafayette, Louisiana outfit hitting the ground running with a debut album that is as equally brutal as it is thought-provoking.<\/p>\n

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Fusing metal, punk, and hardcore, \u2018In Transmission\u2019 is, according to Harper, \u201clike being trapped in a tiny room with an unforgiving monster.\u201d Quite a novel USP, I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll agree. There is a viciousness to this album, yes, but also an intelligence courtesy of the lyrics of Crow Lotus. Being a woman and also the child of an immigrant, Lotus throws harsh truths at the listener from all lyrical angles; from the more personal on the heavy-duty \u2018Paper Tongues\u2019 \u2013 detailing the troubled relationship with her mother when growing up \u2013 to the tribulations that women face every day of their lives on \u2018Red Guillotine\u2019. Given the brutality of the music on offer here the fact that these lyrics can be picked out with ease is testament to not only her talent as a lyricist, but also a vocalist.<\/p>\n

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What impresses me most about this album is the fact that, although the majority of it was recorded in December 2019, three of the songs \u2013 \u2018Deadbeat Assailant\u2019, \u2018Mutt\u2019, and \u2018Transfiguration\u2019 \u2013 were recorded during lockdown (with the band members entering the studio individually to record their parts), yet fit the sound of the album perfectly. You thought that the sound of lockdown was 8pm clapping and the banging of pots and pans, right? Think again.<\/p>\n

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