Lets start with a little history lesson.
Captain is the collected efforts of Will Cummings, Sean Hogan, Tim Bemid, and Chase Lurding (in no particular order). These fine fellows are from Tallahassee, Florida which is where the band was born and raised. In August of 2010 Will quit his state job at DCF to build a very home-grown recording studio and see just what could happen if the only responsibilities in life were to make music and enjoy the love and company of friends. Prior to this endeavor there were three recordings produced by Will, Tim, and Chase that sparked the project that would be Captain. One of those songs was called Medusa and has withheld the test of time as it is to this day a band favorite and crowd pleaser (for those who know who we are).
Back to point though, once Sean joined the crew the band started as a recording project with no limitations to subject matter, style, genre, or any reason not to do something. The first few months proved productive, for as many songs were written as there were days gone by. Within a year over 100 original recordings were produced, and to date the count climbs closer to 200 every month.
"So what do you do with all of these songs?" you may ask. Well, in October of 2010 Captain played their first gig at a Halloween show on Franklin blvd. and the 8 song set list was raw but encouraging. Slowly the band attempted to crawl its way out of the studio and into the live music scene. Local venues like Birds Aphrodisiac Oyster Shack and Mockingbird Cafe were early stomping grounds, as well as several house shows and small stages and shacks that hosted events to support local music. In November of 2011 Captain hit the road and played a music festival in Deland, Florida that set the bar for what could be done for a live audience, as well as how far away from home. Since then the band has branched out to more local shows adding more and more songs to the live performance including acoustic versions of our heavy-hearted songs like Share The Light at places like The What? Cafe and Paperback Rack.
Captain accidentally self released its first full length album, Dead Cat, at our local bookstore The Paperback Rack and online through Bandcamp. This is a collection of songs that didn't make it on the intended first release album, Choose Your Own Adventure (which is still in production), but needed to be heard. It was also becoming clear that some people wanted to have recordings of the band and even unpolished it was worth releasing, so thanks to Memorex CDR's and neon construction paper an album was born.
The second full length is set to be released in June and will only be available at The Paperback Rack and at upcoming shows. More on that to come, but in the meantime you can catch Captain in Deland, Florida once again on Saturday April 28th for Delandapalooza starting at 11PM at Cafe Davinci.
-Captain
