WRAPPING ONES HEAD AROUND WHAT EXACTLY CAPSULE DOES ON THEIR DEBUT ALBUM IS DAMN-NEAR IMPOSSIBLE, AS THESE THREE POST- ADD MANIACS HAVE CREATED ONE OF THE STRANGEST HEAVY-MUSIC ALBUMS IN YEARS. BLUE IS A CONFOUNDING CONGLOMERATION OF BLASTING TIME-SIGNATURES, GALLOPING PUNK SPIRIT, AND A GHOSTLY VOCAL CHORUS THAT BUZZES THROUGH A MOUNTAIN OF GUITAR AND BASS. BLURRY, BURIED SHOUTS ARE SURROUNDED BY THUNDEROUS SONGS PLAYED AT EVERY TEMPO IN THE PUNK AND METAL SPECTRA. INTRICATE MELODIES IN BIZARRE TUNINGS SNEAK THEIR WAY INTO AN OVERALL UNNERVING AMALGAMATION OF GENRES, CREATING AN ANXIETY-FILLED ALBUM OF FEVERED BEAUTY. CAPSULE SOUNDS LIKE NO OTHER BAND, AND THIS IS THE MOST UNIQUE AND ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING ALBUMS ROBOTIC EMPIRE HAS RELEASED TO DATE. CAPSULES BLUE ONLY COMES AS TWO FORMATS TOGETHER, WITH A DELUXE GATEFOLD JACKET HOUSING BOTH A CD AND 12-INCH VINYL RECORD. A HIGH-GLOSS SPOT VARNISH ACCOMPANIES THIS FULL-COLOR, DIE-CUT JACKET WITH PRINTED BLACK INTERIOR. THE MINIMALISTIC DESIGN PERFECTLY CONTRASTS CAPSULES VARIED CREATIONS ON THIS STUNNING DEBUT. FOR FANS OF ED GEIN, JEROME'S DREAM, NEIL PERRY, CONVERGE, CIRCLE TAKES THE SQUARE
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