We are beyond excited to finally get to checkout the stunning debut album , “Place Memory, via Wanna Hear It Records, from Massachusetts power-emo foursome, Cape Crush. You can listen to “Place Memory” Here

Listening to Cape Crush and their debut LP, “Place Memory” feels much more than just listening to a bunch of songs . “Place Memory” is a musical experience. From start to finish the songs on the album tug at your heart and soul and it is absolutely beautiful.

From the moment we heard the glorious and glowing feedback on “I Don’t Care About Anything “ we could feel the amazing energy that flows throughout “Place Memory”

Artfully woven throughout “Place Memory “ are important lyrical themes of grief, single-parenthood, friendship breakups, mental health, neurodivergence, and even a bit of the metaphorical, like tangent universe theory. Cape Crush invites you and layers their message with sonic and melodic perfection as only they can

Part of what I love about these 10 songs is how they demonstrate our range as a band,” says Cape Crush vocalist and guitarist Ali Lipman. “We’ve become known for our big-guitar power-pop meets emo sound, but Place Memory is not just more of the same. We also explore slower tempos, more stripped-down arrangements, and some Americana stylings. Despite the contrast, the sequence of the record flows in a way I really enjoy. There’s something for everyone, but it is a story with a proper beginning and a proper ending.”

The Place Memory story began unfolding with the release of two livewire singles in January’s “Calm & Delivered” and February’s title track, with both music videos surpassing 200,000 plays each on YouTube. Two more singles arrived ahead of the record drop in March’s “Come Shed Your Light on Me” and late-April album appetizer “Train in Motion.” 

Each song opens a new storyline, and now Cape Crush bring the overarching themes together by unleashing Place Memory unto the world on the first of May, highlighted by an in-store performance at Wanna Hear It Records’ Watertown location on Saturday, May 2, the official release party July 10 at Deep Cuts in Medford, and a tour with Mallcops right after. 

The most challenging aspect of creating the album was simply finding the time to create it,” admits Lipman. “It’s so challenging to find time for making things between full-time jobs, parenting, and other commitments. James [Christopher, guitarist] and I work really hard to make sure we don’t lose momentum on Cape Crush songs we both love by working on arrangements and crystallizing the song structure together. Once we’re in the studio creating together, that’s when things are the easiest. We have a great working rhythm and have so much fun together.”

In Cape Crush, Lipman and Christopher are rounded out by Jake Letizia on bass and Mike O’Toole on drums, a relatively new recruit who recently filled in for former drummer and band confidant Cody Rico, who hung up his sticks due to health issues.

Recorded and produced by Zach Weeks at God City Studio in Salem, Massachusetts, and mastered by Magnus Lindberg, Place Memory is an urgent statement of intent, a whipsmart declaration of purpose, and a sonic edict of a band comfortable enough in its own skin to show off the bumps and bruises collected en route to putting together a record that’s relatable simply because it’s so personal. 

Music is its own brand of magic…. Cape Crush, have wondrously captured absolute magic on “Place Memory”