Distractions

[glenatron]

Any connoisseur of early nineties indie will have found memories of the beautiful and innovative greatness of The Boo Radleys' classic Giant Steps album. They went off the boil later with Wake Up although their last album is allegedly very good, although I've not heard it. Their guitarist (and main songwriter) Martin Carr still releases material under the Brave Captain name and the most recent Brave Captain album can be freely downloaded from their website. After listening to a little over half of it, I can certainly say it's worth downloading - the songwriting is distinctive and still strong although the setting is much more electronic even than some of the earlier Brave Captain material.

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[glenatron.livejournal.com]

Update: Listening to the last track now. It sounds like Gorillaz are supposed to. Very awesome.

[life-of-tom.livejournal.com]

I always wondered what Brave Captain sounded like. must investigate when my pc is up and running again.

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

If you think what Martin Carr might sound like after listening to The Aphex Twin you probably have a fair idea of Brave Captain, probably also of what Martin Carr has been getting up to.

The Boo Radleys site linked above has his thoughts on quite a few of their songs on the Discography page as well, which is very interesting.

[life-of-tom.livejournal.com]

blimey, there's an indication on the interviews section that he played cardiff in 2003, with a band suggestively listed as 'gold chains' also on the bill. that's the GLC isn't it? just imagine the gig. Imagine...

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

The last track is a collaboration with a guy called Akira The Don who has definitely supported the GLC...