Capital Country
Demo
self-released
Capital Country's music lives in the borderland between country and alt.country. It's pretty well crafted, but sometimes it falls pretty flat thanks to the country clichés being way too tacky and obvious. There are two singers on these tracks, one female and one male, and the male is absolutely preferable since the female got some weird country vibrato going that sounds a bit weird and too wobbly. It's all very MOR though, and it's easy to imagine Capital Country having a cult following in their native country, consisting of a lot of older bearded men in fleece shirts and smelly shoes. The contrast between the two vocalists lead tracks are so stark that I'd dare to say the male lead songs are alright, whereas I just can't stand the songs where the woman sings on. My judgment is therefore this; half of the songs here I wouldn't mind uploading on my iPod, if I had one, but the rest I'd leave in the desert with the coyotes and vultures as only company for them to die a slow and warm death.
- Simon Tagestam