EP Review: Here the Captain speaking, the Captain is dead (2018)
First of all, what a great name! Here the Captain speaking, the Captain is dead's self-titled EP from 2018 is now available via Krefeld-based Krautrock label Tonzonen Records . Click here to purchase the blue or orange beauty enveloped in a high quality gatefold cover. Adrián , Jose and Lucas recorded the six songs in early 2018 in Carcosa Studios , Alboraya. The outcome is three quarters of an hour of peaceful but intense and various Space and Kraut Rock. Here the Captain speaking, the Captain is dead colourfully narrate a chiefless odissey through space and time. The backbone of this story are the driving battery rhythms decorated with plenty of halting and chequered fills. Further guidance is implemented by the warming sounds of the bass which define the travel's direction. Last but not least guitar and synths paint the environment with the brightest colours via manifold loops, effects, and an impression I would call the Space Kraut Atmosphere. By the time the re...