Captions

Tuesday Night Feels with Captions, BOKONON, Mind Monogram

Tonight Los Globos flirts with the balm and breeze as autumn finally rolls in to Los Angeles. Three coastal dreampop outfits from the AndFam collective pack the bill: Captions travels out from Ventura to front the night with some new jams, like the most recently revealed single "Two-Step". Bokonon, a new band that started this year with the release of their eponymous debut EP, follows after just a quarter past 11. Their slowed-down synthy ballads has been heard at house shows, local venues like The Lost Knight, Lot 1 Café, and Ham & Eggs Tavern, and even out in Tijuana. The night ends with the chamber quartet Mind Monogram, who has also shared bills with Bokonon and the valley's raucous shoegazers Draag.

This is an 18+ show with a 5$ cover that starts at 10 PM; check the event page for more info on set times. - Ryan Mo

   

Ventura's lucid dreamers Captions release new single "Two Step"

Los Angeles outlets commit a daily sin of overlooking promising bands simply because they exist outside the realm of Downtown LA. At The Deli, we try to make amends every once in a while: over the last several years Ventura's quartet Captions has quietly grown a lush mane in the midst of a burgeoning shoegaze and dreampop scene in Los Angeles. Despite gaining little friction outside the coastal city, their music measures up to the lush grooves of Craft Spells and Wild Nothing, albeit with a minimalist philosophy. 

The band released their first EP "Think Thunk Thought" to staid reception, quavering between crunchy indie rock and dizzying dreampop in songs like "Recording Silence", "Loops", and "A Worst Time". Since then, Captions have made appearances in their hometown and around -- earlier this year they opened for Avid Dancer's Echo residency. Their newest single, the 50's pop slow-burner "Two Step" was released on September 1st, the first of nine songs to their upcoming album. It's a headrush of slow-dancing prom atmospherics, a menagerie of harmonizing vocals and spacious guitar chimes right down Captured Tracks' alley. 

Captions finished recording their as-of-yet-unnamed album with Jacob Summers and Leif Davidsen (both of Avid Dancer) last year — expect an early 2016 release, and more surprises to round out this year. - Ryan Mo