Review: Capra Push Their Sound Further on Errors

In a band’s discography, the sophomore album is usually where a band is really tested — was their first offering a flash in the pan or are they the real deal? Through Errors, out now via Metal Blade Records and Blacklight Media Records, I’m happy to report that Capra more than pass that test.

Released back in 2021, their first album titled In Transmission still stands out to me for its raw delivery, explosive energy, and passion evident in all their songs. Sometimes a band’s second album trades initial fury for polish and poise, but that is definitely not the case with Errors. Capra keep things just as impassioned and ripping on this release, even though there’s a noticeably higher standard of quality.

“CHSF” starts the record off with a smashing attack to the senses. The pounding rhythm and Crow Lotus’ snarled vocals let us know what’s in store on the rest of the release. What follows is one of my personal favorite tracks on this record, “Silana,” which stands high up there as one of the most melodic and riff-heavy songs on the album.

“Trauma Bond” is another favorite, with the vocals reaching a screeched intensity that somehow works really well with the slightly slower guitars. And “Kingslayer” is one of the most metal-influenced songs on the record, sounding downright thrashy at times.

One track that I think will surprise most listeners is the song “Nora,” which closes the album with an experimental, jangly guitar outro full of shoegaze elements.

The record was tracked in Estuary Recording Studios in Austin, Texas, with Andrew Hernandez mixed by Taylor Young, and mastered by Brad Boatright, the latter two having worked on In Transmission. It features collaborations with Walls of Jericho vocalist Candace Kucsulain-Puoplo and Dustin Coffman of Glassing. continuing directly into it if played back to back. Either way, that song along with “Tied Up” are scathing tunes that sounds desperate at times.

Lyrically and thematically, Errors tackles some heavy subjects, including mental illness and depression, as well as trauma and abuse. As such, Lotus doesn’t hold back on exorcising her demons across this LP. But while the anger is immediate and palpable, it also feels productive and cathartic. It’s rage with a purpose, making Errors an excellent album to blast whether you’re having your worst day or your best.

Capra’s Errors is out now and available wherever you get your music.