Photo by Filipp V. Kotsishevskiy
Just Because by Cape Francis, the solo project of singer-songwriter of Kevin Olken Henthorn, sounds divergent from the very onset. Maybe it is the rhythm, a blend of muted guitars and beats that fuse together and Henthorn's vocals crooning lovely and surprising melodies. Once the sparse piano floats into the song so beautifully, the lyrical flow feels so internal too "just because you did it once, don't make you a natural... just because you joined a march, don't make you a radical" (love that line), and as the sounds expand in layers of electric guitar lines and droning hushes of elegant noise, I am crushing heavily for this evocative sound.
On Cape Francis' Facebook, Henthorn says:
So excited to announce my new single “Just Because” is finally out! You can stream it anywhere, watch the lyric video on YouTube and donate to the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition all in the link in bio. Also if you buy it on @bandcamp all sales go directly to @mvmnt4blklives
And, I do love the Official Lyric Video that pulls in seemingly public domain odd clips in interesting ways. Love this song.
Cape Francis' third full length album "Plateaus" is due out on Sleep Well Records. In it "he examines the themes of neurosis, anxiety, and the erosion of mental health that played throughout his 20’s. The album serves as an effort to recognize the inevitable hurdles ahead and strives to visualize the path forward."
-Robb Donker Curtius
On Cape Francis' Facebook, Henthorn says:
So excited to announce my new single “Just Because” is finally out! You can stream it anywhere, watch the lyric video on YouTube and donate to the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition all in the link in bio. Also if you buy it on @bandcamp all sales go directly to @mvmnt4blklives
And, I do love the Official Lyric Video that pulls in seemingly public domain odd clips in interesting ways. Love this song.
Cape Francis' third full length album "Plateaus" is due out on Sleep Well Records. In it "he examines the themes of neurosis, anxiety, and the erosion of mental health that played throughout his 20’s. The album serves as an effort to recognize the inevitable hurdles ahead and strives to visualize the path forward."
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Cape Francis is a solo project started by guitarist and vocalist Kevin Olken Henthorn. After the break up of a former band that worked heavily in traditional pop structures and production, Henthorn started the new project as a way to break form and reconnect to a natural flow of instrumentation and storytelling.
Henthorn started playing guitar when he was 9 years old. He studied music with teachers ranging from classical to blues to metal, but by the time he was 15 he decided to commit solely to writing his own material. For Henthorn, writing was a way to practice and push his fundamentals, and discovery became intrinsic to each new piece he wrote.
Cape Francis was meant as a way to return to that mentality, to re-approach a relationship with an instrument after years of feeling stuck. The outcome is a new sound for Henthorn and is always evolving. It is centered around finger picked electric guitar, and surrounded by simple arrangements of percussion and synthesizers. Cape Francis pulls from folk and modern influences alike to bring the listener to an inviting atmosphere where familiarity and discovery are both at the forefront. In his third LP “Plateaus”, due out on Sleep Well Records, he examines the themes of neurosis, anxiety, and the erosion of mental health that played throughout his 20’s. The album serves as an effort to recognize the inevitable hurdles ahead and strives to visualize the path forward.
Cape Francis is a solo project started by guitarist and vocalist Kevin Olken Henthorn. After the break up of a former band that worked heavily in traditional pop structures and production, Henthorn started the new project as a way to break form and reconnect to a natural flow of instrumentation and storytelling.
Henthorn started playing guitar when he was 9 years old. He studied music with teachers ranging from classical to blues to metal, but by the time he was 15 he decided to commit solely to writing his own material. For Henthorn, writing was a way to practice and push his fundamentals, and discovery became intrinsic to each new piece he wrote.
Cape Francis was meant as a way to return to that mentality, to re-approach a relationship with an instrument after years of feeling stuck. The outcome is a new sound for Henthorn and is always evolving. It is centered around finger picked electric guitar, and surrounded by simple arrangements of percussion and synthesizers. Cape Francis pulls from folk and modern influences alike to bring the listener to an inviting atmosphere where familiarity and discovery are both at the forefront. In his third LP “Plateaus”, due out on Sleep Well Records, he examines the themes of neurosis, anxiety, and the erosion of mental health that played throughout his 20’s. The album serves as an effort to recognize the inevitable hurdles ahead and strives to visualize the path forward.
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