According to a press release, Sound Kapital is inspired by the electronic and industrial music of 1980s Eastern Europe and it is the first album that Dan Boeckner wrote entirely on keyboards, although most songs do include guitars.

[9] In support of the album, Handsome Furs went on a tour of North American and Europe, starting on April 14, 2011, at The Bell House in Brooklyn, New York, and finished on May 22, 2011, at the Konsertforeningen Betong venue in Oslo, Norway.

[6] The duo announced more tours on May 20, 2011, for Canada and midwest United States, making appearances at North by Northeast,[10] 80/35 Music Festival[11] and Capitol Hill Block Party.

Club, Steven Hyden explained: "Sound Kapital consists mainly of catchy, mid-tempo rock songs where majestic guitar solos and atmospheric keyboard swishes swoop in from mid-'80s U2 and Tears For Fears records.

"[21] Writing for Rolling Stone, writer Doree Shafrir wrote: "Boeckner and his wife Alexei Perry's danceable electronic-pop sound belies the album's often melancholy themes of love, self-discovery and rebirth.