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Press for Capillary Action - "So Embarrassing" (NLSN004):
"A bold change in direction for Capillary Action, but one that pays off." - Pitchfork Media
"Walks the line between good songwriting and good noise." - Tiny Mix Tapes
"A kick upside the head is probably less jarring than So Embarrassing." - The Onion AV Club
"'So Embarrassing' is an album that will continue to reveal secrets long after the rest of your record collection has blown its load." - Sound As Language
"So Embarrassing is so confusing, so chaotic, and so lovely." - Absolutepunk
"Call it “experimental rock” if you must, but So Embarrassing is way past the experimentation stage. Capillary Action knows exactly what it’s doing." - Prefix Mag
"Noisy but whimsical, jittery and brassy but rooted in punk...there is forboding behind [Pfeffer's] cool delivery, and that is what makes for the best of Capillary Action." - Foxy Digitalis
"No matter how many times So Embarrassing is played you will never hear it the same way." - Delusions of Adequacy
"Thrilling maximalism that has me rubbing my hands with glee straight away. A whole album's worth of perversely complex, er, pop... that has chunks of different genres popping up unexpectedly like the good bits in a stew made of gourmet leftovers." - Organ Magazine UK Album of the Week
Press for Hi Red Center - Architectural Failures (NLSN003):
"Hi Red Center should make more music, and more music should sound like Hi Red Center's." - Prefix Mag
"When all the instruments meet synergistically the couple times they're all rolling, it sounds like everything I'd want out of indie rock. These are fun songs, especially for someone looking for craftsmanship in their music..." - Tiny Mix Tapes
"This is a great band that tried to cover a lot of territory, and found a few new dirt roads along the way." - Foxy Digitalis
"They break standard rock songs down into their core components – bass and synth parts lying scattered, vocals fractured and bruised – and reassemble the clutter into something like rock, only with all the jigsaw pieces forced together in the wrong places." - Drowned In Sound
"The band's bastardized, lop-sided grooves became infectious; off-pitch vocals melded with free jazz horns to somehow become perfectly in tune; the halves of the band playing two different songs regrew their corpus callosum and were one. All in all, it was a rad experience." - Fake Jazz
"Hi Red Center has found a nice balance of pop and noise, but they’re not particularly close to either pole. That’s to their credit." - Dusted
Originally founded in 2004 as Pangaea Recordings, Natural Selection is a record label based at various points out of Oberlin, Philadelphia, and Seattle. Despite the name change, the aim remains the same-- to document and release quality, innovative music.
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NLSN004/PAN004- Capillary Action- So Embarrassing [CD]
Painstaking detail and deeply personal subject matter collide on So Embarrassing, Capillary Action's most accomplished set of songs to date. Austere structures develop from seemingly chaotic forms, melodies burst out from each nook and cranny, morphing into dense walls of sound and back again. Make the rest of your record collection obsolete with this avant-rock masterwork!
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NLSN003/PAN003- Hi Red Center- Architectural Failures [CD]
The debut release from Brooklyn, NY's Hi Red Center, explores a dizzying mix of dense polyrhythms, asymmetrical melodies, barbershop quartet harmonies, and bubbling synth sounds. Hi Red Center operate in the realm of the esoteric, but offer an underlying sweetness that contributes to a collection of graceful, sculpture-like songs.
NLSN002/PAN002- Capillary Action- Cannibal Impulses [CD EP]
Constructed entirely from samples and outsourced material, then stripped, reconfigured, and grafted onto completely new circuits, Cannibal Impulses results in something that falls in the cracks between the sadistic soundscapes of Japanese noise artists, the satisfying crunch of chiptunes music, and modern classical composition. Encompassing themes of sexuality, confusion, and the struggle of man against machine, all set to tightly controlled, hyper-detailed, totally abrasive (yet utterly infectious) compositions. DVD coming soon!! Click here to preview videos for four of the album's tracks.
The debut Capillary Action release, Fragments is a literally genre-defying exploration equal parts metal, noise, bossa nova, spazzy synths, and free improv. Recorded when mastermind Jonathan Pfeffer was a mere 17 years old and pieced in the studio section by section, Fragments represents the auspicious beginnings of the Capillary Action saga. As featured in The Wire, Pitchfork Media, Guitar World, and Brainwashed.
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WINTERSLEEP'S OVER! Discorporate Records comes with the first in a series of new releases...
ZARBOTH - Out February 27th!!!
Rising from the sophisticated underground of Paris, Etienne Gaillochet (drummer of Paris finest We Insist!) and Phil Reptil stumbled together for a blindfold project full of twisted rhythm, beautiful yelling and playful staccati. Yes, dear people! Another crazy duo. Interweaving Jazz, Rock, Noise and Pantera. A hell of a lot fun. A journey. A glimpse. Or to say it in Bill Hicks' words: It’s just a ride! So is Zarboth.
Painstaking detail and deeply personal subject matter collide on So Embarrassing, Capillary Action's most accomplished set of songs to date. Austere structures develop from seemingly chaotic forms, melodies burst out from each nook and cranny, morphing into dense walls of sound and back again. Make the rest of your record collection obsolete with this avant-rock masterwork!
The debut Capillary Action release, Fragments is a literally genre-defying exploration equal parts metal, noise, bossa nova, spazzy synths, and free improv. Recorded when mastermind Jonathan Pfeffer was a mere 17 years old and pieced in the studio section by section, Fragments represents the auspicious beginnings of the Capillary Action saga. As featured in The Wire, Pitchfork Media, Guitar World, and Brainwashed.
