For the past year, Roe Kapara has been building up momentum through releasing a handful of enthusiastically received singles, whilst connecting with his six-figure fan base online and quietly working on his next project behind the scenes. Roe has recently announced his upcoming EP, Big Cigars and Satin Shorts, set to release August 23 via Epitaph Records. On top of the news of the new EP, he has also released a bold new single, “Dumb.”
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Roe Kapara on “Dumb”:
“’Dumb’ is a tune about the inadequacies you feel around family members and loved ones that try to pigeonhole you into their way of life. It’s like if you were to spend your entire existence tinkering and toiling away in an attempt to build the most eloquent sandcastle the world has ever seen, and your Aunt Carol stomps on it with her floppy, wet feet. The floppy wet feet being Aunt Carol’s backhanded compliments and sneering contorted facial expressions she makes at Thanksgiving dinner whenever you talk about your hopes and dreams. But it’s also just a nice tune to dance along to on a lonely Saturday night.”
This EP is to follow Roe’s cinematic Epitaph debut, I Hope Hell Isn’t Real, which demonstrates what FLOOD describes as his “penchant for lightly surreal pop tunes steeped in themes of death and the afterlife.” The new EP meets its audience at hte intersection of wit and sardonicism in a similar vein to its predecessor.
Throughout the course of the new EP, there are sonic traces of alternative heroes such as Cage The Elephant and Weezer. Kapara has admitted to the fact that “there are a lot more songs that are closer to his heart on this project,” and that he was “not just playing into whatever the internet told him to make.”
Roe Kapara Tour Dates:
July 12: London, England @ The Grace*
July 13: London, England @ 2000 Trees Festival
August 16: Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre^
August 18: San Francisco, CA @ The Independent^
*: with support from Ashlie Skye
^: supporting Mustard Service
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Big Cigars and Satin Shorts Track List:
- Dumb
- Cigars and Satin Shorts
- Hate Myself
- Glorious Day
- The Dead Come Talking
