Reviewing your parents' music collection
In January of this year, Munich music collective Kid The Child released their first EP, Duty Free. Led by simple melodies and danceable rhythms, the band presents a spectrum from first class indie dance pop to surprisingly straight-forward rock notes. Sadly, musical structures are firmly build and only experimented with to a certain extend. There… Continue reading Still in the Beta Phase – Captain Cool Presents: “Duty Free” by Kid The Child
Where do the offcuts go? The songs that don't make it onto the album, that got demoted to the B-side of the single releases in the era of vinyl pressings? This beautiful concept of the past, essentially tied to the musical medium, almost unheard of in times of streaming and youtube. But still common enough… Continue reading Long Live the B-Side! Radiohead reveal their future on “My Iron Lung”
Time is a funny concept. It passes without us physically noticing, it is a human construct yet with real effects. How do we experience time and how much do we think about its end? How do we and the world change over the course of a week? A month? A year? What is growing older?… Continue reading Growing Old not Growing Wiser – Captain Cool Presents: “Beast Epic” by Iron & Wine
A monochrome watercolour landscape with a lonely tree in the distance. Almost faded, misty, forlorn. The opposite of inviting yet a view that somehow entrances attention. It may only be for a second. A second of interest followed by a deep feeling of loneliness and a quick desire for a view more lush and colourful.… Continue reading Like Rivers to the Ocean – Genesis play “Wind & Wuthering”
It feels weirdly ironic in these self-isolating times to be listening to music recorded on the road. To be listening to music that praises the life on the road. To be listening to the music made by a man who completed his tour on foot, without a car, without a coach, without a bus. Travelling,… Continue reading Confessions of a Wandering Man – Captain Cool Presents: “Vagrant” by Riley Moore
The Dad Anthology 