An Album to Read – Captain Cool Presents: “Public Library” by The Burning Hell

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Most of Captain Cool's recommendations are for singular songs. But in recent years I've adopted the habit of listening to albums only. For a long time I used to always put music on shuffle. In the glorious days of my metallic orange iPod nano 6 that meant randomly putting on my entire music library, consisting… Continue reading An Album to Read – Captain Cool Presents: “Public Library” by The Burning Hell

Is there such a thing as too many musical layers? Let’s ask “Breakfast in America” by Supertramp

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There once was a record on my parents shelf, featuring one of the most confusing sleeve designs to me as a child as I simply could not place its meaning in relation to the music. There once was a record that featured a blaring saxophone solo on almost every single song. There once was Supertramp's… Continue reading Is there such a thing as too many musical layers? Let’s ask “Breakfast in America” by Supertramp

A Bass like Honey – Captain Cool Presents: Honig – “The Last Thing the World Needs”

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The Last Thing the World Needs is the most recent studio album by Düsseldorf based musician Stefan Honig and his band of indie musicians. It is also an album that has been recommended to me by my brother, the infamous Captain Cool (CC for short). It's the first one in a series of albums he… Continue reading A Bass like Honey – Captain Cool Presents: Honig – “The Last Thing the World Needs”

I’m Drowning In A Sea Of Sound – Patti Smith’s “Easter”

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Finding meaning in music can be quite distracting. Especially, when focusing on words. Sometimes, I don't like to pay attention to the lyrics of an album. Sometimes, I am afraid that focusing on the lyrical message might change my experience of the record for the worse. Sometimes, all I want to do is judge it… Continue reading I’m Drowning In A Sea Of Sound – Patti Smith’s “Easter”

A Moment of Stillness or Why I underestimated Kofelgschroa’s “BAAZ”

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Most of the music we listen to on a daily basis is a marriage of instrumentation and text, aiming to tell a story or convey a feeling through rhythms, chords and melodies. We determine genre based on what stories are told, which instruments are used, in which contexts they are played. Basically any music can… Continue reading A Moment of Stillness or Why I underestimated Kofelgschroa’s “BAAZ”