Capitle - Demo (1983)

It seemed appropriate to start off this blog with one of [if not] the first hardcore band[s] in Albany. As far as I can gather they started in 1981, disbanded around the mid to late '80s, and as of a few years back are active and playing gigs again.

In the days before the internet made shit like this so accessible I had always heard about the legendary Capitle demo, but it took years for me to find MP3 copies of it. The first I actually got to hear was a VHS of a basement show from around 1983 owned by Billy Harrigan (singer of Dirt Church, and the son of Billy Harrigan from Dronez/the Outpatients/New Shiny Things/and plenty others), and the excitement of seeing one of the bands responsible for the prominence of hardcore in this area blew me away. Maybe eventually he can get around to digitizing it.

Capitle has a few new EPs out showing they're still as solid as they always were. This demo has been collected with other of their recordings ranging from 1981 to 1986 on local label Cacophone Records, who were responsible for putting out other local greats like Trauma School Dropouts and 1313 Mockingbird Way.

Capitle at Larkfest (unsure of year)

Tracklist:

1. A.H.
2. Error
3. Lean on a Wall
4. Run Fun
5. Timing

Download URL: https://sabercathost.com/qktS/Capitle-Demo_1983.rar