The Capes Play, The Crowd Roars

The weirdest thing happened at the Capes' show at the Independent. A terrible local band so horrid I didn't even get its name, played and the crowd went wild. This band was obnoxiously flashy, musically competent, but their lyrics were inane and their music derivative. You should have seen the keyboard player – he really was into himself.
But after their set ended, a majority of nfl throwback jerseys the crowd left. Apparently, they all paid $12 to see garbage, and didn't even stay for the headliners, the Capes.
But as soon as the Capes took the stage and started their set with the energetic "Francophile," I was hooked. They were exuberant, young and delightful. Energetic isn't really the right word for them, for they surpassed even that. They put their hearts into playing for the paltry crowd, and everyone who stayed was caught up in their magic.
They looked more Austin than London. Not quite hipster, but with hipster qualities. The lead singer, Kris Barratt, has the requisite floppy hair Britpop bands need, and Rupert Phelps, the cool glasses. And yet, I couldn't believe they were from England (even though I knew they were before I went) until they had the right accents. Whatever their looks, their sound counted, and it was fabulous.
A lot of people are going to compare the Capes to Blur, whose music surely influenced theirs. But I wouldn't say that's it. There's a lot of the Super Furry Animals and the Bloo Party in there, too, but the Capes are too original to really be plastered with a lot of name-dropping.
They played nfl jerseys mostly from their first release, Taste, on which you can find "Francophone." With three guitarists cheap nfl jerseys Barratt, Richard Gladman and Nick Cresswell), they bombarded the place with sound on songs such as "Super Girls" and "No More Mr. Nice Guy," which is off their second release, Hello. All in all, they played 11 songs, and I loved every one of them. I liked "Shinjuru Hi-5" the best.
"Galaxy Fraulein" ended the set; you could tell the boys were ready for a break after that. But they came back on and played two more, "Mexican Broads" and "Cause and Effect," another new one. We were ecstatic to hear more!
They were also really nice people too with a lot of British charm. Nick wrote me a set list to help me write this piece, and Rupert, the drummer (not to be confused with Rupert Cresswell, Nick's brother, the bass player) asked us to hang out football jersey with them afterwards. They were just the nicest guys.
This is a great band everyone should check out. Their sound is unique as is their unpretentiousness.
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