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Capitol celebrate their sophomore LP Sounds Like a Place in their hometown of Hamilton, with friends Bonnie Trash. Sounds Like a Place bears a mix of the industrial, electric hum of Capitol’s hometown and the shoegazey dream-pop that they’ve been leaning into since their debut single, 2017’s English Girls. This time heavily inspired by alternative indie artists of the ’90s/’00s and still tinged with a dash of ’80s New Wave, the album weaves in and out of genre and decade. Though it retains the signature music-out-of-time abstraction that has pervaded their previous work, it is also defined with a new level of clarity. Just as every song is written as a memento of a moment or a feeling, Capitol hopes each new listen will become tethered to a time and, of course, to a place. Sounds Like a Place is out November 8 on Meritorio Records. Bonnie Trash is the drone-rock project of Canadian-Italian twin sisters Emmalia and Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor. Their 2022 debut album Malocchio unspools a real-life horror story based on the stories told to them by their Italian grandmother. Over heavy, hypnotic riffs, pounding drums and spooky soundscapes, the lyrics pull the listener into the meaning of the “evil eye,” a hex of malice onto another. Can you ever escape a curse? Sonically, Malocchio connects the threads between metal, post-punk, shoegaze and drone rock, with Emmalia’s astounding guitar work recalling the likes of Black Sabbath, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Joy Division and My Bloody Valentine. Singer/drummer/lyricist Sarafina’s voice leaps out of the mix with a commanding presence, summoning the spirits of PJ Harvey or Siouxsie & the Banshees. That mix of musical influences alone would set Bonnie Trash apart, but the duo’s unique approach to their lyrical content really puts them in a school of their own. Emmalia and Sarafina are joined on stage by a full band lineup including drummer Dana Bellamy (a happy reunion with a member of their teenage punk band Red Rosary) and bassist Alanna Gurr, a Guelph scene stalwart.
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95 King St. E., Hamilton, ON, Canada, Ontario L8N 1A9
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