So, even though we're probably not supposed to say this, we've been spending some time on (gasp!) Facebook, and we've got a nice thing going over there.  Please, stop by.  Become a fan.  Enjoy the sweet perks.

Check us out on Facebook!

Thanks very much for supporting Farewell Captain and local independent music.

Howdy, all.  We've got a show coming up next month, and we'd love for you to attend.  Check the link below for details:

Farewell Captain with Grant Hart at Darkroom!

It's going to be pretty damn sweet.

Hosted By:
Farewell Captain

When:
Thursday, August 13, 2009

Where:
Double Door
1572 N. Milwaukee
Chicago
60622

Description:
So the original show was cancelled to accomodate The Breeders, and we were added to the opening slot. Doors at 8, Show at 9 sharp - no "rock and roll time" nonsense. It's The Breeders at Double Door, for God's sake. Do it. It ain't free any more, but it sure is worth it.

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Hey, DJ John B was kind enough to add us to his most recent podcast on OneKindRadio.  Check it out:

http://www.onekindradio.com/home/?p=999

Thanks very much, friend.  Hope to see you Thursday.

Hosted By:
Farewell Captain

When:
Thursday, August 13, 2009

Where:
Double Door
1572 N. Milwaukee
Chicago
60622

Description:
Free show at Double Door as part of their Rock N Roll Bailout Series. We doing what we drunkenly do with Chaperone and Noise by Numbers (Methadones, Lawrence Arms). Did I mention shit is free? Well, it is, so it bears repeat mentions.

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Hey.  Hope you've been well.

We're playing Beat Kitchen this Sunday night, May 24th, and Chicagoist was kind enough to say some nice things about us:

Pencil This In: Memorial Day Weekend In Music

Sunday, 5/24

It seemed like we had to wait forever for the debut album of Chicago rock outfit Farewell Captain. When The Jersey Bounce finally arrived it was clearly worth the wait and has been rocking our turntables into 2009. The quintet's punk-tinged vocalizations mix with rock compositions for a sound full of integrity and heart. Farewell Captain hit the Beat Kitchen Sunday night with Bible Children and The Heligoats for a much needed dose of rock in our long weekend.
Farewell Captain, Bible Children and The Heligoats, Beat Kitchen, 2100 W. Belmont, May 24, 10:30 p.m., $8

Thanks again, Chicagoist, for being so nice to us.

Sunday should be a doozy.  The bands are great, we've got some new stuff and just about everybody has Monday off.  And what is better for a Monday than sleeping off a wicked good Sunday without regret or employment complications?  We say nothing.

Thanks to everyone that came out on Friday to our CD release show.  It was a great time for us, and we appreciate the support, the shots and the beers.

We'll post some pictures and video as soon as they come in.

We're going to start work on our second record next month.  We've got another show coming up on Friday, August 8th at The Hideout with The Ladies and Gentlemen and The Safes.  Hope to see you there.

We are, finally, releasing "The Jersey Bounce" tonight at the Double Door.  I'd love it if each and every one of you would attend.

That is, of course, an unrealistic hope.  But, with the magic of new technology that scientists are referring to as "the internet," you can still watch the show even if you can't make it to the Double Door because you live out of state or something.  Like you, Mom.  Sorry about all of the cursing, by the way.

I digress.

Thanks to our (new) good friends at rVibe, the show will be beamed out into outer space and back through your computer screens if you click HERE at the appropriate time. 

The show starts at 9, and we're scheduled to play at 11.  That's midnight your time, Mom.  But you already knew that.  You taught me about time zones and shit, after all.  So thanks.  And sorry about the cursing.  Again.  Even though I didn't curse the first time.  That first apology was more for all the other "fucks" and whatnot strewn around in this sorry excuse for a blog.

I digress.  Again.

We've been working on this record for a very long time.  This is a big day for us, and we thank you for sharing it with us.  When you get to the Double Door, go to the merch table and take a free CD.  And, if you find one of us and are nice, we may let you drink canned beer on our canned-beer-only tab.  Well, if you're mean but funny, you can have some canned beer, too.

One more time, with feeling:

Thanks again for supporting local independent music.

Tankboy over at Chicagoist wrote a lovely review of "The Jersey Bounce" that posted today.  Thanks very much for the kind words, good sir:

Some celestial voice, huh.

I realized when I posted about the OneKindRadio thing that it had been a year to the day since we'd posted anything.  Well, a Leap year to the day, anyway.  Lazy, right?  Perhaps.  But we managed to overcome the laziness and actually finish the goddamn record we've been sitting on forever.  Or for a year and a half.  Eh.  Six of one.

Either way, the record is done, and I couldn't be happier. 

As we've mentioned, we're playing a show on Friday at the Double Door to celebrate the album's release, and we do hope you can attend. I'm going to post the flyer again, just because I like it:



If you're out of state and would like to watch, it's going to be streamed live courtesy of our friends at rVibe - I should have the finalized details for that tomorrow.

Cheers.