Maple Cap

Maple Cap was Jacob Keplinger's primary project prior to the formation of Seymour Butts and later New Threads. Founded alongside high school friends Mike Mazzu and Elliott Eastman, Maple Cap lasted for a total of 5 years and released 2 albums. They are best known for their single "White Girl." Both of their studio albums and 2016's Live at Last are currently in the Pink Hat Archive.

Cherry (October 23, 2015)

 * 1) Speeches
 * 2) Every Day Feels The Same
 * 3) Never Gonna Let You Go
 * 4) Cherry
 * 5) Way to Believe
 * 6) Hey Girl
 * 7) Georgia Nights
 * 8) Meant to Be Here
 * 9) What You Call Love

The album was written and recorded at Skyboro Sound in Stamford, Vermont over the summer and winter of 2014 and summer 2015. Chris Andrews played saxophone and piano on the album alongside Keplinger, Mazzu, and Eastman, and Kyle Clairmont played bass. The album was released on October 23, 2015 via Mesa Dog Records. The band played a release show for the album with Tuscon, AZ-based folk duo Ryanhood.

Metamorphosis (August 2, 2016)

 * 1) Foreword
 * 2) Beneath the Waves
 * 3) Fire Away
 * 4) Burning Out
 * 5) White Girl [You're So Basic]
 * 6) Fences
 * 7) Caroline
 * 8) Face
 * 9) Atlas
 * 10) The World You Love
 * 11) Epilogue

After Clairmont's departure in late 2015, the band brought in Tyler Shaw to play bass (Shaw actually played bass at the release show with Ryanhood). In April 2016, a live album titled Live at Last was released featuring the lineup of Keplinger, Mazzu, Eastman, Shaw, and Andrews. It featured a large number of new tracks and covers. Following Andrews' departure in May, Metamorphosis was recorded at Skyboro Sound and was teased by the single "White Girl" in June before the rest of the album dropped in August. "White Girl" was the band's most successful song to date, and carried the album to release. The final track, "Epilogue," features a hidden track recorded with Keigan Case titled "When I Get Paid," a song that would appear on Seymour Butts' debut album. Keyboardist Keigan Case did record keyboard parts for the record, but was not featured on the album cover.

In the fall of 2016, Keplinger and Justin Siegel produced a remix of "White Girl" featuring rapper Matt Helfer.

In 2020, the album mix of "White Girl" was featured in a TikTok by Sommer Ray and has gained the track 100k+ listens.

Breakup
Following the release of New Threads' Death in the Afternoon in March 2017, Maple Cap reunited during New Threads' short hiatus. An album was planned, and as the band performed live throughout the summer they began to debut more and more new songs, the most notable being a politically-charged track titled "A Mediocre Attempt." Demos for a new album were made, but it never came to fruition. The band played their final show at keyboardist Keigan Case's house in Adams, Massachusetts in August 2017 before Keplinger moved back to Tennessee, into The Townhouse with Justin Siegel.

Members

 * Jacob Keplinger (October 2012 - July 2017)
 * Mike Mazzu (October 2012 - July 2017)
 * Elliott Eastman (October 2012 - July 2017)
 * Tyler Shaw (October 2015 - July 2017)
 * Keigan Case (July 2016 - July 2017)
 * Chris Andrews (April 2013 - May 2016)
 * Kyle Clairmont (December 2014 - September 2015)