Catalogue number disrec-009

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Capillary Action – So Embarrassing

Release: May 1st 2009
Format: CD
Genre: Experimental / Jazz / Orchestral / Math / Avant-Pop / Progressive

01. Gambit
02. Pocket Protection Is Essential
03. Elevator Fuck
04. Placebo Or Panacea
05. Bloody Nose
06. Badlands
07. Paperweights
08. Father Of Mine
09. The Chaperone
10. Sexy Koala
11. Self-Released

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Jonathan Pfeffer, the mastermind behind this sadistic avant-pop-group from New York and Philadelphia (USA), likes thinking that his music “treads a fine line between economic innovation and commercial suicide”.
Anyway, Pfeffer composes some of the most stimulating music in contemporary rock. Therefore we are very happy and deeply honored to release CAPILLARY ACTION’s third opus So Embarrassing. Needless to say, that it’s always been the goal of Discorporate Records to release genre-defying, border-running and beyond stunning music for an attentive elitist audience. So here we go with another pearl before swine.
All we can say: THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST REMARKABLE MUSIC YOU’VE HEARD IN AGES!

So Embarrassing is the product of Pfeffer’s relentless attention to detail. Intricate structures develop from chaotic forms. Melodies burst from hidden nooks and crannies. Dense walls of sound stretch, bend, fall apart and come back together, only to fall apart again. The whole affair is executed with pinpoint precision by the CAPILLARY ACTION live band and a 9-piece-orchestra of strings, horns and classical percussion.
So Embarassing crosses neurotic mathrock with progressive jazz and new music, the furor of an electric guitar with the melodic expressivity of a Fender Rhodes… still this gathering of experimental curlicues is catchy as f**k!

Having played hundreds of shows in the Old and New world, CAPILLARY ACTION continues to tour relentlessly with the likes of Joe Lally (Fugazi), Dos (Mike Watt and Kira Roessler), Daughters, Nadja, Shudder To Think, USA Is A Monster, Ruins, Enon, Dirty Projectors, Carla Bozulich and 31Knots.

CAPILLARY ACTION spent three years crafting So Embarrassing and this monster of an album represents having the courage to walk straight into an uncomfortable situation and risk everything to say what needs to be said. By not being afraid to express the taboo, this music pushes listeners to confront their own struggles with a unique approach: A philosophy of embarrassment as a means of personal growth.

Although Pfeffer unites many musical styles and views to one fascinating construct, CAPILLARY ACTION is not about genre or references. It’s unique, it’s challenging and it pushes forward.

Keep the name CAPILLARY ACTION in mind – we can expect tons of masterpieces by this band.
One of them is So Embarrassing. We are deeply shocked…

US - PRESSQUOTES

A kick upside the head is probably less jarring than ‘So Embarrassing’. But there’s more to the album than battery; singer, guitarist and mastermind Jonathan Pfeffer injects Mike Patton-worthy weirdness and Battles-level complexity into the band’s hyper-melodic, jazz-lacerated music. - THE ONION AV

Pfeffer’s even, baritone vocals add a strong melodic center for the listener and the instrumental freakouts in context. ‘So Embarrassing’ is a bold change in direction for Capillary Action, but one that pays off. - PITCHFORK MEDIA

Capillary Action harness the power of the best of Zappa’s more rocking efforts, combining excellent jazz chops with punk energy, making complicated arrangements sound natural. - EXCLAIM

A bastion of avant-rock futurism. - THE STRANGER

A gem of an album from a band that abides by a musical manifesto that is
miles above and beyond the norm. - ALL ABOUT JAZZ

Call it ‘experimental rock’ if you must, but ‘So Embarrassing’ is way past the experimentation stage. Capillary Action knows exactly what it’s doing. - PREFIX MAG

No matter how many times “So Embarrassing” is played you will never hear it the same way. - DELUSIONS OF ADEQUACY

'So Embarrassing' is an album that will continue to reveal secrets long after the rest of
your record collection has blown its load. - SOUND AS LANGUAGE

Thrilling maximalism that has me rubbing my hands with glee straight away. - ORGAN MAGAZINE (Album of the Week)