GRIM004 - The Capones - Old Tree / Go Outside

Front cover

Band's bio:

Dirty, sleazy, and grungy are words sometimes used to describe the sound that has become the backdrop of this basement dwelling blues rock band, The Capones, from Red Deer, Alberta. They are a greasy rock trio made up of Darren Wesemann on guitar and vocals, Chris Davies on drums and Bernie Rabski on bass guitar.

 The Capones came together in April 2013 after founding members Wesemann and Rabski completed a Spinal Tap-esque drummer search, and discovered the unorthodox Chris Davies. They got their performing start shortly after, opening for a Saskatchewan bluegrass band, The Dead South. After playing shows all over Alberta with the South boys in 2013, they finished runners up out of 30 or so bands in the Alberta's Own Music Festival to open up for a headlining event. Old Tree and Go Outside were two of the first songs written and recorded by The Capones. Rough cuts were released on a limited demo EP in mid 2013. Recorded only months after assembling their current line-up, these tunes will also appear on their forthcoming full length studio record 'Troubled Me'. The songs were sent to the awesome Grimtale Records, and we're stoked to be the label's first Canadian rockers!

Just for historical purposes, Darren & Mark, the label's owner had been long time record trading friends met through the online forum "White Swirl, a Jack White collector forum".

Tracklist:

Side-A: Old Tree 

Runout groove etching: GRIM 004 - February 2 1929 -A

Side-B: Go Outside

Runout groove etching: GRIM 004- Swirler Special - B

Back cover

Regular edition:

120 copies released on green grass colored vinyl

Variant edition:

30 copies released on black with blood red splatters colored vinyl

 Special variant custom machine gun shot cover

Numbered insert

     

For the variants, the color variation is pretty big. From the light red splatter as previously pictured to heavy red blobs as on the pic below:

Test pressing: