Capturie
>> The Arches, Glasgow
>> 30th June 2005
The third arch of Glasgow’s Arches is the venue for Glasgow rockers, Capturie, for tonight. Despite the disappointing crowd the venue is hotter than a bonfire in a greenhouse and the sweat drips from the ceiling into our pints. Support comes courtesy of Soul Circus who ram their shouty, catchy pubrock forcibly down our throats without apology leaving us to tend to our bleeding ears before the next act take the stage. Also supporting is The Statler Project who manage to do a good enough impression of Kasabian to muster a toe tap but still the songs are forgotten about as quickly as they probably took to write. And the singer is a tw*t.
And so to the main attraction who take the stage and launch straight into title track of their debut EP, ‘Mentality’. This band are LOUD. An incredible amount of noise comes from this little three piece, and drummer Scott Cowie instantly impresses with some top notch fills and strong timekeeping. James Mcarthur’s solid bass and wall of sound guitar completes the sonic battering ram but it’s the vocal that lets it down a tad. It sounds as if vocalist Steve McLuskey isn’t altogether prepared and the voice on the first song sounds a bit strained. Imagine someone singing whilst on the pan squeezing out some reluctant brown babies and you’re just about there.
‘Dying Inside’ shows a bit more promise with some real moments of stadium filling quality but still the vocals are a let down sometimes sounding like he is reaching a little further than he can manage.
The band have some great riffs and ‘The Need For What’ has some that Metallica’s James Hetfield would approve of. In fact, he would probably go round their house with a lawyer and take away their PC at the same time
‘Never Easy’ is satisfyingly uncompromising with switching time signatures and some good loud-quiet dynamics that perk the attention of some bar loiterers who come around the corner for a better look. With a massive anthemic chorus, this is the track that stands out from the rest.
‘Subject Matter’ climaxes with an impressive display of Cowie prowess on the tubs, displaying as he does some real talent for technical tricks and flares. Perhaps overly technical for the non muso crowd but impressive nonetheless.
The set closes with ‘Get Out’ which is a storming heart attack of a tune whose rapid bass runs and drums grab the balls (and ovaries) of everyone watching and don’t let go until they leave the stage.
The band feel as though they still have a wee bit to go to take the step up from bedroom angst rockers to world conquering metalheads although they definitely show some promise of doing so.
>> Paul Bamford
You can find out more about the band at http://www.capturie.com/
>> 30th June 2005
The third arch of Glasgow’s Arches is the venue for Glasgow rockers, Capturie, for tonight. Despite the disappointing crowd the venue is hotter than a bonfire in a greenhouse and the sweat drips from the ceiling into our pints. Support comes courtesy of Soul Circus who ram their shouty, catchy pubrock forcibly down our throats without apology leaving us to tend to our bleeding ears before the next act take the stage. Also supporting is The Statler Project who manage to do a good enough impression of Kasabian to muster a toe tap but still the songs are forgotten about as quickly as they probably took to write. And the singer is a tw*t.
And so to the main attraction who take the stage and launch straight into title track of their debut EP, ‘Mentality’. This band are LOUD. An incredible amount of noise comes from this little three piece, and drummer Scott Cowie instantly impresses with some top notch fills and strong timekeeping. James Mcarthur’s solid bass and wall of sound guitar completes the sonic battering ram but it’s the vocal that lets it down a tad. It sounds as if vocalist Steve McLuskey isn’t altogether prepared and the voice on the first song sounds a bit strained. Imagine someone singing whilst on the pan squeezing out some reluctant brown babies and you’re just about there.
‘Dying Inside’ shows a bit more promise with some real moments of stadium filling quality but still the vocals are a let down sometimes sounding like he is reaching a little further than he can manage.
The band have some great riffs and ‘The Need For What’ has some that Metallica’s James Hetfield would approve of. In fact, he would probably go round their house with a lawyer and take away their PC at the same time
‘Never Easy’ is satisfyingly uncompromising with switching time signatures and some good loud-quiet dynamics that perk the attention of some bar loiterers who come around the corner for a better look. With a massive anthemic chorus, this is the track that stands out from the rest.
‘Subject Matter’ climaxes with an impressive display of Cowie prowess on the tubs, displaying as he does some real talent for technical tricks and flares. Perhaps overly technical for the non muso crowd but impressive nonetheless.
The set closes with ‘Get Out’ which is a storming heart attack of a tune whose rapid bass runs and drums grab the balls (and ovaries) of everyone watching and don’t let go until they leave the stage.
The band feel as though they still have a wee bit to go to take the step up from bedroom angst rockers to world conquering metalheads although they definitely show some promise of doing so.
>> Paul Bamford
You can find out more about the band at http://www.capturie.com/
