Music Video can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VodHb2V0-kA

"English Girls" available on all digital music platforms.

English Girls

From the debut LP "Dream Noise", OUT NOW (Oct 25)

Music Video: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywPgQH3N6Mg

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0TNbbDnUI0aEhgQatSwB7j?si=8hhbxoikRpWW0pZ7eaKiNg

“Dream Noise” was recorded in the summer of 2018 at Candle Recording in Toronto, produced by Josh Korody (“The Dirty Nil”, “Tallies”, “Weaves”) and mastered by Sarah Register in NYC (“Future Islands”, “Depeche Mode”, “Lower Dens”). 
Capitol are influenced by an array of genres from 70s punk to modern indie rock, and “Dream Noise” captures the decades in 11 eclectic tracks. 

SUPPORT CAPITOL HERE:
https://capitol-band.bandcamp.com/album/dream-noise

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Slip out of your dress, my love
Let’s share a bottle of wine
Wade our feet in the river 
And then go swimming 
In the water we feel light

A drop of silver
Dripped off your chin
And you held me
In the summer once 
Am I still shimmering?

“Whole of the Moon”
And “Born to Run”
You’re dancing in the mirror in the middle of the night 
All by yourself, might I join?
We set off headlong
On a curious course
Just a couple of lovebirds
Flying somewhere warm

I wish we had met
When we were young
Would I have found you too impressive? 
I have always been 
The more delicate one

Holy hell
What age are we now?
Our friends are parents and married 
And things I still have yet 
To wrap my head around

We hollow out 
The whole of us
And lay our guts and secrets 
On a table built
Of ash and elephant tusks

Your fortune was read
And given on a Sunday
Said, “Dress your pain in diamond skirts and 
Rub your wounds
In salt and ginger”

“Heart of Glass”
And “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
You’re dancing in the mirror in the morning light

Have I ever said you’re my candle in the dark?
We set off headlong
On a curious course
We can be couple of lovebirds
Finding our way north

“One Day Like This”
and “I Melt With You”
You’re dancing in the mirror in the golden light 
Of the afternoon, and I will too
You’re a stubborn soul
And I’m a fragile man
Aren’t we a couple of lovebirds
With beautiful plans?

Dream Noise

In Ceremony

From the debut LP "Dream Noise", OUT NOW (Oct 25)

Music Video: 
https://youtu.be/3lpAiD8SB_o
Video produced, directed and edited by Black Lake.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0TNbbDnUI0aEhgQatSwB7j?si=8hhbxoikRpWW0pZ7eaKiNg

“Dream Noise” was recorded in the summer of 2018 at Candle Recording in Toronto, produced by Josh Korody (“The Dirty Nil”, “Tallies”, “Weaves”) and mastered by Sarah Register in NYC (“Future Islands”, “Depeche Mode”, “Lower Dens”). 
Capitol are influenced by an array of genres from 70s punk to modern indie rock, and “Dream Noise” captures the decades in 11 eclectic tracks.

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Saturday our way
Sneak back to your place
Taxi, backseat
Bubble-gum and whisky
Green eyes at midnight
A burning gaslight
Feverish, Gravity
“Bittersweet Symphony”

I promised I wouldn’t use your name
But Juliette, you promised a lot more
And that meant nothing
Nothing, nothing, nothing

Next day, café
Tourists on holiday
You saw the end dead ahead
In signs I misread
So thank you for last night
Memories that taste like
Cigarettes and Jameson
Coffee and Cinnamon

I promised I wouldn’t use your name
But Juliette, you promised a lot more
And that meant nothing
Nothing, nothing, nothing

Meet me in the library
Where we will find ourselves surrounded by so many words
I ought to steal some
To rewrite our history
Instead I translate it into verse
And with my luck, you’ll never hear one

Remember the restaurant where we met?
The new sheets on your bed?
The shower? Hallway?
Never, always.

Blondie

Music Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niMo8pIDBLg&feature=youtu.be

From the debut LP "Dream Noise", OUT NOW (Oct 25)

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0TNbbDnUI0aEhgQatSwB7j?si=8hhbxoikRpWW0pZ7eaKiNg

“Dream Noise” was recorded in the summer of 2018 at Candle Recording in Toronto, produced by Josh Korody (“The Dirty Nil”, “Tallies”, “Weaves”) and mastered by Sarah Register in NYC (“Future Islands”, “Depeche Mode”, “Lower Dens”). 
Capitol are influenced by an array of genres from 70s punk to modern indie rock, and “Dream Noise” captures the decades in 11 eclectic tracks. 

Support CAPITOL:
capitol-band.bandcamp.com/album/dream-noise

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I am “Skull of a Skeleton
With Burning Cigarette”
You can hold my throat wide open
And build a well out of my neck
I need a bottle of water
A better plan for my demise
Some martini sipping darlings 
Have thrown sugar in my eyes

Let them see only sweet things
Let them see

Tendrils of smoke embrace me
In the likeness of a terrified heart
But it doesn’t make a difference 
If you were my Valentine or not
There’s movement in the corner now
Of an oily crooked mouth
And a whisper in my ear 
Is telling me I hear too much

So I might cut it, cut it, cut it
I’d cut it off

My eyelids feel heavy
My eyelids feel so heavy

I’ve never been to Paris 
And I don’t know a lot about love
But I recognize a dead heart 
When I see one
Memory that tries to rob   
The stiffness from my upper lip
Like a baby crawling on the ceiling 
Or a raven on the sill

So I shut it, shut it, shut it
I shut it out

My eyelids feel heavy
My eyelids feel so heavy

Punish yourself – 
What did you say?

My eyelids feel heavy
My eyelids feel so heavy

Never Been to Paris

Featuring additional vocals by ELIO.

The 7" Vinyl featuring "Piano Exit" & "Weathered" through Meritorio Records & Kingfisher Bluez Records is out now (July 31):
https://capitol-band.bandcamp.com

MUSIC VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/n71ptfv_SlI

SPOTIFY:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0TNbbDnUI0aEhgQatSwB7j?si=RcaNLkz5QVGOtfE99US7rQ

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LYRICS:

Across a swell of strangers, I
Caught you once or twice
I can hardly balance myself
And we keep making eyes

Forgive me if I stay still when your
Shoulder brushes mine
I know I don’t know you well but
I want to for a night

All dressed up in shades of yellow
Shake the rain from your umbrella
Some nights I just want a shoulder
The taste of someone in my molars
Don’t you feel there’s nothing warmer?

I should have changed this shirt, can you
Believe I try so hard?
Would you notice I shined my shoes?
I wear these things like I would armor

Wallflower in the corner, I
Never know what to do with my hands
I’m torn with the phrase you used on me
I’m the kindest means to an end

All dressed up in shades of yellow
Shake the rain from your umbrella
Would you like to come inside?
Have you seen “The Princess Bride”?
Some nights I just want a shoulder
The taste of someone in my molars
That’s the truth and nothing more?
Leave your shoes there by the door

Do you really find me handsome?
Wish you hadn’t seen me dancing
How’d you know to put this on?
I grew up in love with this song
Sorry I’m no good at singing
Even with a little gin and
Don’t you feel there’s nothing warmer?
What’s one night to tide us over?

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“Capitol” is Josh Kemp, Robert J. Kemp, Wes Lintott, Matt Lintott & Chris McLaughlin
Lyrics by Josh Kemp
Recorded at Candle Recording, Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the summer of 2018
Produced & Mixed by Josh Korody
Recorded by Josh Korody & Dylan Frankland
Mastered by Sarah Register
Additional Vocals by Charlotte Grace Victoria aka ELIO
Single Photography & Design by Robert J. Kemp

Weathered

From "All The Rest Of My Heads" EP, out September 17 2021🖤
Pre-order on our Bandcamp:
https://capitol-band.bandcamp.com/album/all-the-rest-of-my-heads

Music Video:
https://youtu.be/tao3vtftT40

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I know what you are
You’re my fanfare
Am I yours as well?
I’m your fanfare
Alone I fell into the room
Now I walk out in hand with you

I was a child running
Into the warm arms of a fire

We keep pulling through all the time
We’ll speak in absolutes half the time
Meet me at the bridge of your nose
Meet me everywhere our hands go

Leave the outside light on for a while
Charm me with stories of your night
Did we fall asleep with the light on again?
How were your dreams? And were we moths in them?

Wouldn’t that be pretty?
Wouldn’t that be?

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Josh Kemp - Vocals/Synth
Robert J. Kemp - Guitar
Wes Lintott - Guitar
Matt Lintott - Drums
Chris McLaughlin - Bass

Lyrics by: Josh Kemp
Produced by: Michael Keire
Recorded & Mixed by: Michael Keire & Cohen Wylie
Mastered by: Sarah Register
Single Art Design by: Robert J. Kemp
Recorded at: Threshold Recording Studio, in November 2020, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Moths All Around Me

From "All The Rest Of My Heads" EP, out September 17 2021🖤
Pre-order on our Bandcamp:
https://capitol-band.bandcamp.com/album/all-the-rest-of-my-heads

Music Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAwK5LKG1sY

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Stumbled on a picture of you and your son
Weatherwomen within me were soon announcing the flood
Rewound the reel for another round 
We were then two polar bears just dancing alone

Five years lie somewhere I’ve never gone
Have you ever left like this? ‘Cause I have not
Shall I keep this farewell so finely worded?
Eloquent and the slightest bit perverted

Wish you well, smashing
I’ll be too
Wish you well, smashing
No more wondering

PS. Is this an
Ellipsis or full stop?
Ellipsis or full stop?
Ellipsis or full stop?


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Josh Kemp - Vocals/Synth
Robert J. Kemp - Guitar
Wes Lintott - Guitar
Matt Lintott - Drums
Chris McLaughlin - Bass

Lyrics by: Josh Kemp
Produced by: Michael Keire
Recorded & Mixed by: Michael Keire & Cohen Wylie
Mastered by: Sarah Register
Single Art Design by: Robert J. Kemp
Recorded at: Threshold Recording Studio, in November 2020, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Smashing

From "All The Rest Of My Heads" EP, out September 17 2021🖤
Pre-order on our Bandcamp:
https://capitol-band.bandcamp.com/album/all-the-rest-of-my-heads

Music Video: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KhE6q_fkwE

Follow us on Spotify:
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Did you forgive me when I came off boring?
I only wanted not to share so much all at once
Think I was trying to make it something else again
Like a drunk in an alleyway I kept singing to myself about it

All the rest of my heads are on the hunt
For the mind I lost, I tried to throw it out
Are you afraid of heights? I fear I’ll let you down too slowly
Do I convey the sentiment of one hundred poets only

I’ve the great white teeth of an elephant
In the mouth of a bluebird in cement
Spent the last three nights chewing on glass
Never gave my brain a rest
When I cough up the grains of a humble lung
And attempt to engage in another tongue
By saying shit, I’m saying nothing at all
Just saying saying saying saying saying

These sudden surges of extroversion
Do they alarm or do they help things balance out?
Make love in the park while everyone watches
Let’s go bowling wearing only roses on our crotches

We will live in modest homes
And surround ourselves with coloured walls
I’ll depart from my habit of foolish jokes
If you pray for me (I’m only kidding, don’t)
Am I droning on? Am I thinking too much?
God damn, take a breath and shut myself up
I know I need to get it all right
But I just don’t have the energy now

So we’ll decide we’re just staying in tonight
For a treat and a box of cheap red wine
We can play with ourselves and play rah rah
Maybe you could touch me there, oo la la la la
Little bits of me will live in the air
And dissolve into words that scream to be heard
If I’m saying them, I’m saying my mind
So I’ll say it, say it say it say it say it

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Josh Kemp - Vocals/Synth
Robert J. Kemp - Guitar
Wes Lintott - Guitar
Matt Lintott - Drums
Chris McLaughlin - Bass

Lyrics by: Josh Kemp
Produced by: Michael Keire
Recorded & Mixed by: Michael Keire & Cohen Wylie
Mastered by: Sarah Register
Single Art Design by: Robert J. Kemp
Recorded at: Threshold Recording Studio, in November 2020, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

All The Rest Of My Heads

Always Saying Nothing

CAPITOL is a five-piece indie project from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, composed of brothers and best friends; Josh Kemp, Robert J. Kemp, Wes Lintott, Matt Lintott & Chris McLaughlin.

After their debut LP Dream Noise released in 2019, EP All the Rest of My Heads released in 2021, and a handful of standalone-singles, CAPITOL is currently recording their sophomore record at Union Sound.

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