Dead Captain are a music project from Tameside, whose diverse music ebbs and flows in the current climate of alternative rock, whilst dipping into the depths of post-punk, blues, country, jangly rock, and neo-psychedelia .
Comprised of Dunstan Carter on vocals/guitar, multi-instrumentalist Dan Adams on drums/guitar and John Havelock on synths, Dead Captain are idiosyncratic observers, comical commentators, punk-poets, cyber-space voyagers and drollery daydreamers.
Lyrically astute and nonchalantly delivered, Dead Captain are a band whose music turns the trivialities and harsh realities of life into an original and engaging artform. Think Half Man Half Biscuit and The Lovely Eggs meets Richard Hawley down the pub for a few beers, having a philosophical chat about the wonders of life, in a Velvet Underground of Farfisa fuzz of Art-rock and 60s nostalgia.
Following their debut single “Weird Holiday” released in May 2020, Dead Captain are back with their captivating and quirky track ‘Cryboy83’. Released via Forest Den Records, ‘Cryboy83’ has been selected as my “Single of The Week” and is available via all digital platforms and will feature on Dead Captain’s upcoming debut album in the summer of 2021.
Cryboy83
If a certain mood could be captured through the power of music, and reach out to both your conscious, subconscious and shape-shift your thought process in one take, then “Cryboy83” would fit the bill. What could be the soundtrack for an independent, arthouse film, “Cryboy83” is an existentialistic epitaph of the technological age, sardonically glazed with wry wit and modern day musings.
Through the smooth tones of Carter, “Cryboy83” effortlessly croons indifferently from a distant shore, aside the ripples of piano twinkles and the cool breeze of the tame tinkles. It’s a hauntingly beautiful track, whose neo-jazz bass, soaring sax and spaceship-synths creates a surreal ambience likened to prog-rock, neo-psychedelic whilst crossing over into an avant-garde arena.