Garrett T. Capps and the NASA Nation Band will spend a part of October in Europe, however they’re simply as excited to be enjoying on the St. Mary’s Strip of their hometown.
“San Antonio rocks,” says Capps. “It’s a privilege to have the ability to name it my house and know so many superior folks there.”
Capps has been enjoying with the musicians who make up his NASA Nation band for years in San Antonio, however Individuals Are Lovely, the album he launched final fall, is Capps’ first full file to characteristic the band.
“There’s undoubtedly some actual personalities and sort of legendary teamsters within the band,” says Capps, describing bandmates Justin Boyd (modular synthesizer), Torin Metz (guitar, metal and vocals) and Kory Cook dinner (drums, bass and vocals). “We make fairly distinctive sounds.”
The group spent the summer time touring Texas and the West Coast with exhibits in San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and elsewhere. They’ll head to the Netherlands and Belgium in October however not earlier than a correct sendoff throughout an Oct. 16 live performance on the Lonesome Rose, which Capps co-founded on The St. Mary’s Strip in 2018.
Although his newest album dropped final 12 months, Capps launched a remixed single from the album this summer time, “Getting’ Higher,” with the Austin-based nonprofit label Spaceflight Information.
“This is sort of a psychedelic full band interpretation of my songwriting types,” Capps says.
Capps labored on each Persons are Lovely and I Love San Antone, which got here out in 2021, through the pandemic when reside exhibits have been few and much between.
He says this 12 months is the primary since COVID-19 hit the place they’ve been in a position to “correctly execute” and plan a tour. Capps says audiences are as excited as ever to listen to reside music.
And whereas he describes his model of nation as somewhat bizarre, Capps says he’s discovering an viewers for it even in cities he’s enjoying for the primary time.
“It’s enjoyable to do unconventional stuff,” he says.
Hear Capps and NASA Nation
Monday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m.
The Lonesome Rose, 2114 N. St. Mary’s St.
