Hi guys... Alex from Captain here, it's been a while eh?!
So sorry we've been so quiet for so long and that we've not been able to be clear with you as to what's going on; We haven't been clear ourselves! We needed a break and a chance to stand back and think everything over.
Since parting company with EMI, it's been a difficult time for the band. Life took over and individually we wanted to explore other musical projects and ideas, which is still ongoing. We frequently talked at length about what to do, how to go about releasing the 2nd album 'Distraction' and for various reasons decided to leave it for a while. Ironically, you could say we got massively distracted.
Anyway, we are all still such great friends and hanging out all the time and feel like it could be time to get back in touch with you and see how many of you might be interested in hearing some more Captain, particularly this brilliant second album!
EMI can't deal with our mailing list anymore, for obvious reasons so I've started a new one. We're quite excited about collecting your emails so we can build a more personal and direct relationship with you all.
For your troubles and your amazing patience we are rewarding all those of you that sign up to the new list with some previously unheard/unreleased Captain tracks. Once you sign up (just visit
http://captain.fanbridge.com/ ) you will have access to 'Back in the knife drawer'. This track was part of sessions we did in Oxford prior to the recording of 'Distraction'. The sessions now hold extra special memories for us as they were recorded by our friend the wonderful Richard Haines who tragically died recently, far far too young.
The only plan for now is to get this new mailing list set up, gauge interest, and after that make the next step. Everyone is really busy on other projects so we can also keep you updated with happenings across the whole Captain musical family.
Much love to you all, thanks for the continued support, we've missed you.
Captain