Capybara (compilation of 28 rough demos, songs and instrumentals) (vol. 1) exclusive to Bandcamp, by ARMSTRONG (Julian Pitt)

Capybara (compilation of 28 rough demos, songs and instrumentals) (vol. 1) exclusive to Bandcamp

by ARMSTRONG (Julian Pitt)

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1.	Intro Theme 01:30	info	buy track
2.	Let's Be Decisive 03:20	info	buy track
3.	Norman Wisdom 03:00	info	buy track
4.	Troubador Timing 02:02	info	buy track
5.	Sunday Walking (4 Track Demo) 02:33	info	buy track
6.	Interlude Spotlights 1 00:54	info	buy track
7.	Maybe You Could 03:23	info	buy track
8.	I Like You Too Much 02:19	info	buy track
9.	Interlude - Synths 1 01:30	info	buy track
10.	Sandbox 03:30	info	buy track
11.	Believe In You 03:11	info	buy track
12.	Interlude Spotlights 2 00:36		buy track
13.	Now and Then 03:13		buy track
14.	Is This The Right Time? 03:06	info	buy track
15.	Interlude - Piano Thing 00:48	info	buy track
16.	When He's Had a Few (He Changes) 02:53	info	buy track
17.	Art Is On Quicksand 02:38	info	buy track
18.	I'll Never Know 02:58	info	buy track
19.	Round and Round 03:13	info	buy track
20.	808 Wait 02:40	info	buy track
21.	Nothing's Gonna Change (My World) 03:30	info	buy track
22.	Sometimes 02:13	info	buy track
23.	When Things Don't Work Out 04:15	info	buy track
24.	The Extra Mile 02:23	info	buy track
25.	Wonder Eyes 02:41	info	buy track
26.	In A Different Light 03:33	info	buy track
27.	Sitting In My Own BackYard 02:47	info	buy track
28.	Ennio Ending 04:22	info	buy track

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This album is a collection of rough demos, songs, instrumentals that I really like but will not probably work on or record again. I've edited and remastered some of the songs. I imagine that 'Capybara' is like a double vinyl album of 28 songs all of which are approximately 2.5 to 3.5 minutes long. A bit like the White Album by The Beatles or Tommy by the Who. I also wanted to include some short interlude instrumental tracks. Apologies for the recording quality of some of the songs/tracks but I hope you enjoy listening to this album. Best Wishes, Julian

CAPYBARA ALBUM REVIEW SOUNDBITE:

Julian Pitt’s latest Armstrong project, thrives upon the four track format .... sheer contrast with the sophisticated guitar pop that his studio work provides. It is a sound that is still inimtably intimate, but now even more beautifully so.
The sense of 4 track augmentation is revealed via three primary aesthetics on this release. Initially the more uptempo tracks of Let’s Be Decisive, Sunday Walking and Believe in You, prosper on the extra aural space that the uncluttered 4 track format provides, enabling impossibly Cleaners From Venus style pop rock melodies to tumble out of each other and subsequently re-convene in jangly perfection.
The format also provides the best vehicle for the fuzz inclinations that the artist occasionally visits, with the tracks I Like You Too Much and When He’s Had A Few (He Changes) slathering fuzz into the 4 track omnipotent ‘distant feel’, to provide a slight shoegaze feel, without ever being engulfed by it’s introspection.
The very best of this album is thankfully the most prevalent and is seen in tracks like Troubador Timing, Maybe You Could, Sandbox, Now and Then, Art is on Quicksand and When Things Don’t Work Out. Here, the tempo is completely reduced, and the stripped back production and recording techniques reveal an emotionality to Julian Pitt’s voice that has always been omniprescent, but never quite so intensely vibrant.
Of course the whole 4 track thing will always tend to remain the domain of demo’s and noodlings, but sometimes a release like this, shows the format’s propensity to reveals extra layers of beauty, in the already beautiful.
I am not sure you will ever find a more stunning (legally) free download than this !!!' JANGLEPOPHUB full review here janglepophub.home.blog/2021/01/01/album-review-capybara-compilation-of-rough-demos-songs-and-instrumentals-2020-self-released/

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released January 1, 2021

All songs and music written and performed by Julian Pitt

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