Space Captain was conceived of a cosmic supernova, an explosion so blinding, so great as to jeopardize existence as we know it. In a blur of infinite colors, emotions, and particles of sound, what was left behind was a new wave of music, a sound merging elements of psychedelia from the sixties rock phase of The Doors and Pink Floyd to more modern indie/alt rock acts such as Beck and The Pixies. This sound would challenge the tenets of popular music and culture, ever-so delicately warping them in the process.

Their debut release entitled Close Your Eyes...OK- Now Open Them is a progressive blend of poppy tunes, funky grooves, thrashing aggression, and psychedelic symphonies that comprises a sound entirely familiar and comforting, yet with a design quite unlike anything before it. The most traditional cheery pop song on the album, for instance, is directly refuted by the blatant statement of condemnation, "check it out now, it sucks when you’re around and you’re really pissing me off."

This ever-prevalent sense of humor and their fascination with the abstract, coupled with devices such as colorful imagery, delayed delivery, and distorted guitar and vocals, enables them to conquer a number of classic popular music themes in a way that makes room for synthesized space sounds from beyond. For example, walking away from broken relationships is something universally understandable and applicable, yet usually confronted with polite grace rather than intense guitar solos as in "It’s a Spiral Abyss." Nothing on this album is of the ordinary.

- Will Selfridge
WERS 88.9 fm Boston
www.wers.org






CONTACT-

www.spacecaptain.net
www.myspace.com/spacecaptain