Reviewing your parents' music collection
When you're being recommended an album titled Floating Harmonies by an Icelandic singer-songwriter making music under the name 'Júníus Meyvant', your first instinct, like mine, may be to expect a record à la Björk or Emilíana Torrini. Something soft, whimsical, introspective, something in line with the Scandinavian aesthetic one may find on the Etsy front… Continue reading A Study in False Advertising – Captain Cool Presents: “Floating Harmonies” by Júníus Meyvant
Before passing away in 2016, Leonard Cohen had released over 20 albums and written hundreds of songs and poems, painting worlds of love, lust, and loss. A poet and a musician, but always a storyteller, Cohen's songs capture the ears, forcing them to listen to the words he has spun in perfect patterns, allowing them… Continue reading “I heard of a saint who had loved you” or how to reach the heart – “Songs of Leonard Cohen” by Leonard Cohen
When you read the band name Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, your immediate association may not be Midwestern indie pop reminiscent of the 1990s. But it is exactly what you get from this group of five that met just before the turn of the century and named themselves after the first Russian president after… Continue reading Dealer’s choice: “The High Country” by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
The cover to Scotch & Water's debut EP Never Enough, Always Too Much depicts a person diving headfirst into the water of a purplish, black and white collage. Escalators arise at the bottom, leading up into the stream, flanked by subway stations and tiled pillars. A collection of cables severs the image into an above… Continue reading A monochromatic debut – Captain Cool Presents: “Never Enough, Always Too Much” by Scotch & Water
Cindy Lauper was 30 years old when she released her solo-debut album, 1983's She's So Unusual, a record packed to the brim with finest sparkly 80s synth pop. A youthful record that zooms in on the female experience, placing her protagonists at the centre of more than love and heartbreak: euphoria, carefreeness and reflection. Her… Continue reading Fun, Free, Female – Cindy Lauper’s “She’s So Unusual”
The Dad Anthology 