CAP Selects Season 6: listen to our student albums of the week

We're back with Season 6 of CAP Selects: our weekly series highlighting standout work by our second-year Creative Audio Production & Sound Engineering students. In the first semester, students are challenged to create a five-track album from the ground up, bringing a self-defined creative vision to life. The brief is open in concept, with two key conditions: one track must be collaborative, and another must be a cover or reinterpretation of an existing work. Producing a complete album is an important milestone, giving students the space to explore, test and extend their creative boundaries.

Listen in and explore our week-by-week selections below.

"It's the story of a man journeying through his mind and emotions, struggling through to learn about his self and overcome his shadows. Listeners are invited to take part in the flow of the album from start to finish, as it is all once piece, and journey together. With the world in constant turmoil, we are in tune with our emotions more than ever, and reaching inwards to understand ourselves is the just one of the problems to solve. This project is a simple story, but that makes it easy to follow. As hard as self work can be, we all have our way of moving through it. This story is but one way to make sense of the journey"

"You're crawling on the floor while rattling guitars, drones and trumpets soundtrack the subtle transition from absurdism into madness. And when a deafening fog of synthesized brass eclipses reality, you dig your fingers into the moss. This is SOSTICE, a five track, minimalistic, indie folk album blending the mysterious spirit of Bob Dylan with the detatched attitude of The Strokes.

Exploring hypernormalisation and apathy through the philosophy of documentative photography, it strives to combat the pervise enviroment of disinterest. Presenting an authentic snapshot of the contemporary experience implicitly framed to move the audience towards reconnection."

"Evolve is an experimental album about transformation. It begins in an orchestral world, glancing toward Woodkid’s cinematic gravity, and ends in a fully electronic space that edges closer to stogex: hard kicks, fast transients, metallic detail. The passage from strings to circuits is not a gimmick; it mirrors the artist’s life in motion, the feeling of outgrowing one skin and learning another.
The record is also a portrait of a friend: a woman learning to live with the aftershocks of war. Her days are measured by small victories—sleep returning, crowds becoming bearable, the courage to love again—and the music tracks that arc. Early pieces breathe in long lines and gentle swells; later tracks tighten, accelerate, and cut brighter shapes, as if the body were relearning speed without losing tenderness."

"My latest album bridges the boundaries between private struggles and public performance. Through my music, I create a platform to address social concerns while developing a connection through shared narratives. Despite the weight of the themes I explore, my music remains inviting, offering listeners who are less inclined to analyse lyrics an easy and fun listening experience. For me, music is not only a form of self-expression but also a means to build community and inspire change."