Capillary Action
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Capillary Action’s music is characterized by its emphasis on structure, density, lush orchestration, disjointed melodies, distinctive chord progressions, and wide dynamic range. There is often a carefully constructed philosophy underpinning each release. Pfeffer cites Tom Ze, Mercedes Sosa, Shudder to Think, Ornette Coleman, Kate Bush, Converge, Rogerio Duprat, Jorge Ben, Bartok, Scott Walker, György Ligeti, and Phil Spector as major influences.
Capillary Action has exhibited a strong DIY ethic, inspired by SST-era punk, releasing records on its own label Natural Selection Records and touring relentlessly. The group has performed across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Europe alongside Beirut, Dirty Projectors, Deerhoof, Les Claypool, Rhys Chatham, Shudder to Think, Joe Lally, and Dos, among many others.
In 2009, Boston Phoenix named Capillary Action the Best New Band from New York.
In 2011, Capillary Action performed at Willisau Jazz, Primavera, Poprevo, Rumor, and Budějovický Majales Festivals.
While the group has been based at various points in its career in Oberlin, Ohio; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Seattle, Washington; and Brooklyn, New York. As of 2011, Capillary Action’s current members—percussionist Colin Hacklander, double bassist Michael Harrist, accordionist Julian Chin, and trumpeter John DeHaven (Bon Iver)— are spread across Brooklyn, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Boston.
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So Embarrassing (2009)
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Toshiba-3 This. Is good. Saw them live, even better.
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longpoke this is like frank zappa + charles ives + beardfish + onertte coleman + koenjihyakkei
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lagginswag idk how i slept on this for so long... pretty good shiet.
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incubatetilburg Capillary Action has been added to the lineup of Incubate 2011! Read about it here: http://incu.at/heacu
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The_Local The Local Presents... Capillary Action (With Charles Hayward) at Cafe Oto, London, on the 8th of June. Tickets are £8 in advance from: http://thelocal.tv/listings/gigdetails/8-jun-11-charles-hayward-plus-capillary-action-cafe-oto/biographies/capillary-action/
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nicoinfurs this band is on lastfm, as a user, anyone know their username?
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resterampe elevator fuck <3
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OJoeytO Wow. Listening to So Embarrasing, namely Badlands, was the perfect introduction into this Genre of music, whatever that may be.
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iDearBach so i heard incubus were into the prog..
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thejackyl capillary action play avant-prog. plz tag correctly thnx
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godspeedme beautiful music.
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onedeadmonk шикарно!!!!
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RobMyYouth you amaze me, ugh <3
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Skiye these guys are more inspired than you can imagine. brilliant musicians.
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x10101100 Hop over the Mason-Dixon line to Baltimore. I would absolutely love to see you guys perform live.
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Bionic_Fog This is like Mr. Bungle meets Sleepytime Gorilla Museum meets Koenjihyakkei meets Tera Melos
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thejackyl
Not cohesive? I guess if you're not able to understand the music is doesn't sound cohesive...
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Etothe3 So Embarrassing sounds like an uninspired Mr. Bungle knock off. Ok, well, with a touch more of the Estradaphere and Dillinger Escape Plan aesthetic. Still nothing inspired, or even cohesive, for that matter.
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aganim unbelievable crazy shit... can't believe I was actually privileged enough to see you live. cd sounds awesome! don't forget the guy that said capillary action sounded like lion king played by guys with tourette syndrome : ) keep it up oh crazy people!
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nekrofolk I love math
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Spring Update + Official Blog + FB Migration
5 May 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/capillaryaction
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Spring Update + Official Blog + FB Migration
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26 Jan 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/capillaryaction
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fitzkrawallo wrote about Capillary Action – Capsized in 2011. last month
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fitzkrawallo wrote about Capillary Action in 2011. last month
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Mark_H wrote about Capillary Action in Prog Acts by LastFM Popularity (modified). last month
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SickDeathCity added Capillary Action to SickDeathCity’s library. December 2011
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lilimix unlinked Capillary Action from THE NECKS + ANTHONY PATERAS at Cave 12. December 2011
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jessemoynihan and justicemarchi added Capillary Action to their libraries. December 2011
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herkyjerky tagged Capillary Action with ‘11’. December 2011
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johnntyler and Industrie8 added Capillary Action to their libraries. November 2011
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Mark_H wrote about Capillary Action in Prog Acts by Popularity: Average Play Gains. November 2011
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tomjhogwash added Capillary Action to tomjhogwash’s library. November 2011
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