"We originally wrote and recorded these 6 songs in the attic of my mother's house in February 2010. At this time we were seventeen years old and we had just started Captain Hollow. After the original lineup fall apart a bit, our wonderful friend Anthony Bitetti stepped in to record bass and guitar parts and backup vocals. So, now about a year later we're finally putting this out and starting to play again. Enjoy.
-ryan "
From the Capitan Hollow Bandcamp Site
When I was 17 I was not making music like this. The infrequent coordination and desperate attempts to remember basic structure changes were what marked my first full band experience. Not so with Capitan Hollow, these guys have just released an EP of six tightly written and preformed songs onto their bandcamp site for pay-what-you-want. They describe these recordings as "older material', which for me immediately begs the question; is their new material? and if so I need to hear it, it's that good.
When I was 17 I was not making music like this. The infrequent coordination and desperate attempts to remember basic structure changes were what marked my first full band experience. Not so with Capitan Hollow, these guys have just released an EP of six tightly written and preformed songs onto their bandcamp site for pay-what-you-want. They describe these recordings as "older material', which for me immediately begs the question; is their new material? and if so I need to hear it, it's that good.
Some other prominent members of Portland's scene seem to have been in on this band before most of us knew they were out there, the album artwork is credited to Jakob Battick and Antony Bitetti (from Good Kids Sprouting Horns fame) also appears on the EP to step in for a missing bassist while also writing and recording guitar work as well.
Age aside this EP is just plain awesome, personally I discovered it towards the end of winter, a time at which I am notoriously on the internet way too often. What I heard got stuck in my head immediately and that was that, I can remember sitting on my balcony welcoming in the sparse rays of early spring sunlight, drinking a beer and listening to Chewelah and reading Dandelion Wine, needless to say it was beautiful. The band has announced that they are ready and willing to play shows around anywhere town and personally I'd love to get out see them, their music is reminiscent of old school screamo but with a much more well defined pop sensibility, which leaves the listener with a nearly flawless combination of serious and reverent song writing, angular and sometimes chaotic instrumentation with enough catchyness to keep the tune in your head until you can finally listen to it again.
Check this band out. It's definitely worth it.
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Booking Contact:
captainhollowband@gmail.com
