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The full-length debut album from Los Angeles' Capital Cities, 2013's In a Tidal Wave of Mystery is an infectious mix of synth-heavy dance pop. These musically ambitious productions touch upon '80s new wave and '70s disco in the band’s own unique, lo-fi way. In fact, part of the album’s charm is that many of the songs here sound like keyboard-heavy demos that were perhaps meant to be fleshed out with various instruments but never were. Hence, the preponderance of synth trumpet, digital strings, and other extremely old-school-sounding electronic samples. The result is that the album brings to mind the early, innovative electronic music of artists who were earnestly taken with the explicitly computer-generated sounds of the modern wonder that was the synthesizer, like Level 42 and Giorgio Moroder. In that sense, In a Tidal Wave of Mystery fits in nicely alongside the works of such similarly inclined indie pop contemporaries as AM & Shawn Lee, MGMT, Phoenix, and the Strokes' Julian Casablancas' solo work. Featured on the album is the Top Ten radio hit "Safe and Sound."
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Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Merchant, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Capital Cities, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Sebu Simonian, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Merwin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - BRIAN KEITH WARFIELD, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Lazy Hooks, LLC
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Merchant, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Capital Cities, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Sebu Simonian, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Merwin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Lazy Hooks, LLC
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Spencer Ludwig, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Ryan Merchant, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Capital Cities, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Sebu Simonian, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Merwin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Manny Quintero, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Channing Holmes, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Lazy Hooks, LLC
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Spencer Ludwig, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Mills, Producer - Ryan Merchant, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Capital Cities, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Sebu Simonian, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Merwin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Manuel Quintero, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 2011 Lazy Hooks, LLC
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Merchant, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Capital Cities, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Sebu Simonian, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Merwin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Manuel Quintero, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 2011 Lazy Hooks, LLC
André Benjamin, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andre 3000, FeaturedArtist - Spencer Ludwig, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Ryan Merchant, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Capital Cities, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Sebu Simonian, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Karen Thompson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Merwin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Soseh, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Fans, Voices, AssociatedPerformer - Shemika Secrest, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Manny Quintero, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Channing Holmes, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Tavares, Voice, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Lazy Hooks, LLC
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Spencer Ludwig, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Ryan Merchant, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Capital Cities, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Sebu Simonian, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Merwin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Manny Quintero, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 2012 Lazy Hooks, LLC
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Spencer Ludwig, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Ryan Merchant, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Capital Cities, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Sebu Simonian, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Merwin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Manny Quintero, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 2012 Lazy Hooks, LLC
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Mills, Producer - Ryan Merchant, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Capital Cities, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Sebu Simonian, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Lazy Hooks, LLC
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Merchant, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Capital Cities, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Sebu Simonian, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Kzirian, Oud, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Lazy Hooks, LLC
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Merchant, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Capital Cities, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Sebu Simonian, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Soseh, Additional Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Lazy Hooks, LLC
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Merchant, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Capital Cities, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Sebu Simonian, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Merwin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Lazy Hooks, LLC
Ryan Merchant, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Capital Cities, MainArtist - Sebu Simonian, Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - John Greenham, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Lazy Hooks, LLC
Napoleon, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Merchant, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Capital Cities, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Sebu Simonian, Producer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Merwin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Greenham, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Lazy Hooks, LLC
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Mills, Producer - Ryan Merchant, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Capital Cities, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Sebu Simonian, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Clifflight, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Lazy Hooks, LLC
Dzeko & Torres, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Merchant, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Capital Cities, Mixer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Sebu Simonian, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Merwin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - BRIAN KEITH WARFIELD, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Lazy Hooks, LLC
Album review
The full-length debut album from Los Angeles' Capital Cities, 2013's In a Tidal Wave of Mystery is an infectious mix of synth-heavy dance pop. These musically ambitious productions touch upon '80s new wave and '70s disco in the band’s own unique, lo-fi way. In fact, part of the album’s charm is that many of the songs here sound like keyboard-heavy demos that were perhaps meant to be fleshed out with various instruments but never were. Hence, the preponderance of synth trumpet, digital strings, and other extremely old-school-sounding electronic samples. The result is that the album brings to mind the early, innovative electronic music of artists who were earnestly taken with the explicitly computer-generated sounds of the modern wonder that was the synthesizer, like Level 42 and Giorgio Moroder. In that sense, In a Tidal Wave of Mystery fits in nicely alongside the works of such similarly inclined indie pop contemporaries as AM & Shawn Lee, MGMT, Phoenix, and the Strokes' Julian Casablancas' solo work. Featured on the album is the Top Ten radio hit "Safe and Sound."
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:11
- Main artists: Capital Cities
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capital Cities
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2014 Lazy Hooks, LLC ℗ 2014 Lazy Hooks, LLC
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