CAPROS: “Things are moving fast now, but we’ve been grinding away at it for years”

Carolina Durante, and some would say even earlier Los Punsetes, opened a crack from Madrid, and through it pop-punk has been spreading boldly. It has permeated into Barcelona too. That overflowing, scrappy, unapologetic sound is what CAPROS have distilled.

On their second album, A esta invitamos nosotros (Music Bus, 2026), between punchy guitar riffs they poke fun at the little dramas of their generation, like on “FOMO.” They tell personal stories without holding back and even laugh at themselves, like on “Peldanyos,” a killer track where frontman Miguel jokes about how much he looks like the influencer Peldanyos. Apparently, people constantly mix them up on the street.

From Capromoscow, the seed of the current project, to the “new” CAPROS, where they switched from English to Spanish, Miguel (vocals and guitar), Lucas (guitar), Iván (bass), and Álex (drums) have been at it for years. Now they’re taking off.

That’s how fast-paced, and fun, this three-way video call with AS went.

You kick off your second album, A esta invitamos nosotros, with the line “Nobody knows who the hell we are”… At least you’re on the runway now, right?

Miguel: When we wrote that song, nobody knew us at all. My own mom barely knew I had a band (laughs). Well, now a few more people know who we are.

Lucas: We’re hopeful because the album has gotten really good feedback.

You just played on Los conciertos de Radio 3. Getting into RTVE’s archive basically means becoming part of history. That thing would survive a nuclear holocaust for sure.

Lucas: We’ve watched so many of those shows, bands like Ginebras, Vera Fauna, Biznaga, Carolina Durante… It’s awesome they gave us the chance.

Back to the album. I read that in your more Anglo phase, when you were singing in English, you wanted to emulate Red Hot Chili Peppers or The Strokes… I don’t really hear that on this record.

Lucas: In the end, those influences are still there, I think. But on this album we tried new things, and once we started singing in Spanish, I discovered a ton of Spanish bands. That influenced me a lot, and the rest of us too.

Miguel: We fell in love with a lot of things we hadn’t paid attention to before. I still listen to the Peppers a lot, and I wish I could be like John Frusciante someday, but God didn’t bless me like that (laughs). That’s why he’s him and I’m playing “Peldanyos”!

Recently René from Dharmacide said here that he spent a year selling phones at El Corte Inglés to afford recording in Los Angeles. What’s it like hustling to make an album and a music project happen?

Lucas: Our girlfriends are the ones who suffer. Mine knows this world, but when we started dating she was like, “Dude, you’re always rehearsing, even Saturday mornings when we could grab coffee.”

Miguel: I’ve sacrificed 15 years of Saturday mornings (laughs). We’re lucky that we all work in audiovisual fields, so we manage, but that doesn’t change the fact that we’ve been grinding for a long time.

You get compared to Carolina Durante, and you even mention them in a song. Do you know them?

Lucas: Not at all! Something funny happened. We ran into Diego Ibáñez, he was on crutches before everything blew up. I was ahead and told Miguel, who talks to anyone, even a lamppost, and he just froze!

Miguel: I was completely frozen! I didn’t dare say anything (laughs). If I ever meet him, I’ll thank him for his music. I did tell their guitarist at a La Plata show, at least.

CAPROS is basically version two of the project. Before, you sang in English and had a different name…

Lucas: We were Capromoscow. We dropped the part that didn’t really work, especially with everything going on in that city (laughs). There are more bands breaking through now, but Barcelona has its own vibe…

Miguel: And since everyone kept saying, “Here come Capros, Capros, Capros…” we said, that’s it, we’re CAPROS. We’d already played a lot, it’s been eleven years, but with this new version things have moved pretty well and pretty fast. We’re happy, and hopefully it keeps going.

Where did the idea of covering Bad Bunny’s “DtMF” come from?

Lucas: We wanted to do a cover and spent a year thinking about it but couldn’t find the right song. Then that album dropped. We liked the melody, it’s powerful and a bit slower tempo-wise. We wondered what would happen if we made it our own. It was really fun, and people loved it.

We took a shot at Primavera with a song, but they dodged it. We’ll have to write another one they can’t ignore.

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[At this point Iván and Álex join the call. When they arrive at the rehearsal space, there’s a happy reunion on camera. “This feels like a daytime talk show,” Miguel jokes.]

Let’s keep going. You took a shot at Barcelona with that line about “playing at 4 in the afternoon at Primavera, or if not at Mad Cool.” How are those plans going?

Miguel: Honestly, being in Barcelona doesn’t help for something like Primavera Sound. It’s really hard to break into that world. We already took our shot with that line, and it seems like they dodged it… We’ll have to write a bigger hit they can’t dodge (laughs).

Listening to “Cucharada Cerebral,” it’s clear you make the most out of festivals… at least at BBK. What happened? Is it autobiographical?

Miguel: I’m not speaking without my lawyer, let the others talk (laughs).

Lucas: It’s 100% autobiographical. Everything in our songs is real.

Miguel: Sometimes I think, I hope the person we’re talking about doesn’t remember us (laughs)…

Lucas: They won’t…

The basketball challenge

In one of your recent reels, Álex sinks a free throw to promote a show… Are you into basketball?

Álex: That’s Iván’s fault, he’s been dragging me out to play pickup street basketball. First day I hit a three-pointer and now I’m hooked.

Would you play against another band?

Iván: Against anyone, all of them (laughs).

Do you watch sports or play them?

Iván: I used to skateboard.

Lucas: I used to surf until I had to quit because of shoulder injuries. I love F1, and especially MotoGP.

Pick one. Márquez or Jorge Martín?

Lucas: Márquez, for sure. He had a rough start, but we saw what he did in Austin. I’ve actually met him, I worked with him and Pol Espargaró once, and he’s a great guy.

What about the rest of you?

Álex: I love watching highlight goals, but I don’t care who scored them, that says it all.

Miguel: I played soccer for years, but I ended up hating it. My dad is a huge Barça fan, so if I have to pick a team, it’s Barça, for him. Hardcore soccer fans hate when I say this, but my favorite part is penalty shootouts. People think they’re the worst, but to me the tension is incredible. Some of the most epic finals have been decided that way.

Why did you stop playing?

Honestly… because I bought a guitar (laughs). I started as a striker, then right wing, and as they realized I wasn’t very good, they kept moving me back until I ended up at right back. I thought, “Playing guitar and picking up girls sounds way better.” I got the guitar part right. The picking up girls, not so much (laughs).

For the next album, we want more edge, be a little more aggressive… and see what happens.

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Let’s wrap up with the classic question, especially since things seem to be heating up. What’s next for CAPROS?

Lucas: We’re writing, we’re always writing!

Álex: We’ve scrapped so many songs we could already have four albums. We’ve basically thrown away two (laughs).

Miguel: I probably shouldn’t say this, but here goes. For the next album we want to add a bit more edge. This one has it, but it also leans pretty pop in places. We want to be a little more aggressive… and see what happens.

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