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"Live show review from 1/3/07"

Rebecca Capua has turned a corner with her live performances and the time she’s spent playing with a band has helped. On January 3rd at the Jezebel Music Songwriter Showcase at Laila Lounge, she was accompanied by a multi-instrumentalist on squeezebox, glockenspiel and electric guitar. The set was absolutely lovely, commanding, and top-notch. The Songwriter’s Showcase is not intended to be a competition, but if it was Capua would have taken the cake - and she was on a bill with three previous Jezebel Featured Artists... There was a time, not too long ago, where that might not have happened. Good for her! One of The Deli's Artists to Watch for 2007. - Ben Krieger - www.thedelimagazine.com


"CD Review: "Night Creatures" by Rebecca Capua"

CD Review: "Night Creatures" by Rebecca Capua
November 25, 2006 - 12:23 pm | Posted by DanDIppolito

It’s rare than an album is strong from start to finish. Often times I wait until I hear at least three noteworthy songs before purchasing any CD, but because there are ten remarkable songs on Rebecca Capua’s Night Creatures, I’d call it a sound buy. This intimate, emotional, and reflective album accurately and appropriately captures the majesty of Rebecca’s songs, leaving us with a solid representation of a young and highly talented songwriter at the beginning of her career.

Night Creatures is the first full length CD by the Brooklyn based singer/songwriter, recorded exclusively in the musician’s apartment in Williamsburg by herself and partner/roommate Alan Zapata. The album is predominately acoustic guitar and voice, with only sparing background instrumentation, notably staccato cello accompaniment in “Words Out of My Mouth” (performed by Rebecca) and light percussion, bass, electric guitar and a recorder solo all performed by Alan Zapata in “Robots in Love.” This recording doesn’t rely on tricks or technical flare to convey emotion – what you’ll hear are honest songs represented in a fittingly minimal way, allowing the extraordinary songwriting to fuel the album. No two songs sound alike, but all exhibit a similar expressive shade, from the upbeat “2 Girls” to the autumnal title track “Night Creatures,” comparable to varying hues of the same color.

What you’ll find on Night Creatures are not the typical song-stylings of a girl and her guitar – this album offers much more than just a pretty voice to listen to. Musically, vocally, instrumentally, and lyrically, Rebecca strays from the norm but maintains a pop sensibility that is guaranteed to appeal to a wide audience.

Very rarely will you hear Rebecca strumming her guitar. She relies heavily on steady and melodic fingerpicking patterns as the driving force of her songs. The resulting textural layers allow for equal emphasis on voice and guitar. Rebecca’s charming vocals aren’t influenced by any apparent singer – the Tori/Ani/Joni trinity seems to have passed Rebecca up. Her voice is naturally sweet and soothing without the use of additives or artificial flavoring (if you know what I mean). The melodies are the best part of these songs, seemingly existing outside of the music with a life of their own but harmonizing beautifully within the compositions. The nuances of harmony created by the relationship of Rebecca’s melodies against her guitar work are the most endearing characteristic of Night Creatures.

But the cherry on top of Night Creatures are the lyrics, often personal reflections on relationships with friends and family, introspective glances into society, and intelligent remarks about people in general - “it seems like the less people know the more they talk.” True story.
- Jezebelmusic.com


Discography

"Night Creatures" LP, released august 2006

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Notable venues in NYC played over past year:
Sin-e bar, Laila Lounge, Galapagos, CB's 313 Gallery, Arlene's Grocery, Bar Matchless, Pete's Candy Store, Piano's, Bar 4

Rebecca Capua: Biography

Rebecca Capua is a Williamsburg, Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and she is just reaching her musical stride at the age of 25 with the release of her highly-anticipated first album, “Night Creatures”. Her pure voice that changes in a line from gentle to powerful, and the lush arrangements of her self-taught finger-picking guitar style are a unique combination that tends to make fans out of people – especially those who claim that they don’t normally like singer-songwriters.
Music always played an important role in Rebecca’s life: as a child, she was obsessed with the record “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme”, and she counts Simon and Garfunkel as her earliest and perhaps most important musical influence. Another strong influence for Rebecca was the experience of growing up in the suburbs of New York City, where she developed a fondness for forests and hanging out in parking lots. Much of her music recalls teenage suburbia – feeling awkward, driving around at night, boredom, secret places, attempts at self-awareness and understanding relationships. With respect to musical education, for Rebecca it came in the form of playing cello in her public-school orchestra. She taught herself to play the guitar in the ninth grade, and perhaps due to the influence of the cello, has always been drawn to a finger-picking style rather than strumming.
It wasn’t until 2001 that Rebecca lost interest in writing poetry and wrote her first song in her dorm room at Barnard College. By this time her musical tastes ranged from folk to metal to trip-hop, but she was influenced perhaps most strongly by Björk, Belle and Sebastian, American Analog Set, and Radiohead. Although Rebecca’s music does not sound particularly like any of these artists, their influence is shown in her clear and un-affected melodies and full-sounding arrangements played on the guitar. Once Rebecca had written several songs she was encouraged by friends to perform, and overcame her shyness to play at an open-mic night at Columbia University’s Post-Crypt Coffeehouse. When she moved from Morningside Heights to Brooklyn she discovered a vibrant musical community and became immersed in the NYC singer-songwriter circuit, inspired by others’ music and gaining praise for her own. She became more confident with every live performance, and has developed a quirky stage-presence and a vocal style that causes even the most raucous rooms to quiet down and listen.
She has been called “a sweet, mellow performer,” with “an intimately sweet voice that resonates into your skin.” “Sweet” seems to be the designated term to describe her songs, but her first album, "Night Creatures" is also a considered work of solid songwriting, an aspect that many think set Rebecca’s music apart from others. Rebecca was so pleased with the orchestration of the album that she began to play with a small band, which includes Alan Zapata on drums and guitar, and Devon Press on bass. The sound of the band is much fuller but maintains the subtleties and dynamics of her solo performances. Rebecca looks forward to gaining a wider audience with the distribution of her album, touring and playing larger venues with the band.