Dry Ice

by Capgras

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Dry Ice is the second single from from the upcoming Uneven Master EP (which releases on the 5th of March).

Uneven Master, the debut EP from Capgras, sees the Australian bedroom singer-songwriter present various musical manifestoes with an irreverent, satirical edge and (hopefully) self-aware tone. Written over a few months from late 2021 to the beginning of 2022, the EP explores themes of the commodification and loss of self, 21st-century alienation, the omnipresence of modern media, the death of Art, and life under late Capitalism across songs spanning the stylistic gamut from subversive art-pop and atmospheric spoken word pieces with orchestral flourishes to noise-rock and drone passages.

Through a juxtaposition of the smooth artificiality of GarageBand's instrumentation and the rough vocals and subversive, provocative lyrics of Capgras, a strong stylistic tension emerges; modernity is embraced without being surrendered to.

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Lyrics:

When we were forced inside, the devotees needing to devote,
We weren’t used to wheels, but we’d lived our lives on rails.

We weren’t used to bandages, but we’d nested in cocoons of gauze.
We used to fuck next to Bacon’s portals without first thoughts.
We were prized atop wagyu plinths
Erected by that everybody we so sought to
Impress // through repressed distress, but we stressed it was
In our name,
Our hollow veins;
The only things liberated were your breasts.

Outer is inner;
Inner is nothing;
Naked finally, but
We’re just tanned hides.

You said everyone was beautiful
’Til I came home from the hospital.

And this song is about as long
As the vogue timelines we’ll leave behind,
Laments of unanswered knocks,
Symphonies of dried leaves.

Smoke glaciers in a whiskey glass...

credits

released February 25, 2023
Mastering—Micah Smith

Keyboards, questionable vocals/mixing/production, GarageBand, written and arranged by—Capgras

Drums—Mr Drum Machine

Bass—Tina “Wrath of Karn” Moulding

Synths—Adrian Middy

Management—Murray Hewitt

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Capgras Sydney, Australia

Art rock/pop indie singer-songwriter with a focus on emotive soundscapes, satirical lyrics, and a juxtaposition between raw vocals and midi instruments. Opposed to the state of current mainstream pop, a proud snob, overrated no matter how unsuccessful, and channelling a bit of doomer energy, my songs refract the concerns of our digital world and excavate everything hidden. ... more

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