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The Capes is a five-piece indie rock band from South London. Their
hook-laden music draws comparisons to britpop, in particular Blur.
Biography The band formed in 2002 when singer/guitarist Kris Barratt,
keyboard player Richard Gladman, bass guitarist Rupert Cresswell and
drummer Rupert Phelps began rehearsing together at South London's
Goldsmiths College. Rupert Cresswell's brother Nick was soon brought in as
an extra guitar and keyboard player, thus completing the current line-up of
the band.
Hard Soul Records, an American label, released the band's debut EP Taste
in 2005. This was followed in early 2006 by the Capes' first album, Hello.
Despite two American tours, an appearance at SXSW, and favourable reviews
by online publications such as Pitchfork Media and Cokemachineglow, by late
2006 the band had parted ways with Hard Soul. This was in part due to a
general lack of support from the label, who, amon
