Captain Kennedy <captainkennedyband>


Captain Kennedy are about to release their second 4-track EP Factory Whistle Call in early October through Vinnie Lovelace Records.

“Factory Whistle Call”, recorded at the Start Together Studios at Belfast’s new Oh Yeah Centre, is not smooth, controlled, or delivered with the glossy perfection of much modern pop music. This is cracked, rootsy material. Their harmonies are sometimes crooked, and singer Ciaran Lavery’s voice can get gravelly to the point of death-rattle.

The EP, which has already received airplay on BBC Radio 1, captures the true spirit of Captain Kennedy’s live sound.

Captain Kennedy says:

"Debut album on the way......." (2 weeks ago) me too! | Reply		Genre
Folk Rock
Rock
Acoustic

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Vinnie Lovelace Records
Indie Label

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Lurgan
UK

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July 2006

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  • Out To Lunch Arts Festival Review

    Stuart Bailie Review of our Black Box gig....

    Stuart Bailie (BBC, founder of the Oh Yeah Music Centre and former assistant-editor of NME) wrote a nice little review of our recent gig at the Black Box as part of the "Out To Lunch" Arts Festival.............

    "I'm at the Black Box in Belfast on the third week of 2009, but I feel like adjusting my watch back to 1969. The mood is mellow and sweet and folksy. There are many young men with facial hair, and the dress is somewhere between Amish settler, Montana farmboy and Brokeback wrangler. I know that I've seen this look before and heard similar sounds in the past. And then it comes to me. I'm thinking of Robbie Robertson and The Band, getting it together in Woodstock, 40 years ago.

    The Band and their pal Bob Dylan had gone to ground to escape the drugs and the intensity of their wild years. The music started sounding more downhome and mysterious while the famous Basement Tapes were an insidious answer to the hippies and acid-eaters of the West Coast.

    Such reverberations are resumed in Belfast in the music of Jackson Cage, who add more recent influences like The Jayhawks and Ryan Adams to their deal.

    From Lurgan, Captain Kennedy are well immersed in the "old weird America" that writer Greil Marcus covered in his book Invisible Republic. They take their name from a Neil Young song but they're also fit to sing old Dixie down. Excellent vocals. I likes 'em.

    The Lowly Knights are fixing to get increasingly popular this year. They're also aware of how an act can get trapped in a look, a scene and a style. "They're selling waistcoats half price in the Rusty Zip," says Cazi, with just a little alarm. Form an orderly queue, young men."

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  • Roll Ramona from our new EP on our Myspace now....

    Arite dudes! We've just uploaded a brand new song from our forthcoming EP "Factory Whistle Call", recorded with Ben McAuley at Start Together and due for release in late September/October.

    You can hear "Roll Ramona" on our Myspace now!

    http://www.myspace.com/captainkennedy

    It'd be great to hear some feedback!!!

    0 Comments 315 days

  • BBC Acoustic Session Tracks added! Have a listen.

    Hey! We've just uploaded three songs we recorded live for BBC Radio Ulster's Across The Line programme earlier this year to our Myspace.

    http://www.myspace.com/captainkennedy

    You can hear Good Action, Caroline and Hard Time Wakin' on the site now.

    Hope you enjoy the acoustic loveliness!!


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  • Daniel Moore
    Daniel Moore

    3 weeks ago
  • MicroLip
    luv MicroLip

    Jamesys playing in dundalk on the 12th of june men, but we'd be up for playing anytime from 5 till 6.
    Keep us posted. I'll be there either way.
    Good luck
    gee.

    10 weeks ago
  • Captain Kennedys King Biscuit Hour
    Captain Kennedys King Biscuit Hour

    Love you!

    10 weeks ago
  • Andy Davenport
    Andy Davenport

    Hey guys is that gig in the Black box in Galway?

    15 weeks ago via Mobile
  • Craig Hull-The Don
    luv Craig Hull-The Don

    excellant guys!! listenin to yas on radio ulster now! Ciaran still rem the days in air in scotland me and paul kickin u and mark wilsons ass in that caravan :L ya hav sum voice lad, mayb catch up with ya soon, keep goin lads yas can go far ;)

    19 weeks ago
  • Keith Sheppard
    Keith Sheppard

    Great show at the black box last saturday. Thought you blew the lowly knights away!

    22 weeks ago
  • Matt O'Hare
    luv Matt O'Hare

    Great show last night at The Courthouse!

    30 weeks ago
  • MIchael Kenny
    MIchael Kenny

    hey guys

    i have been listening to some of your music on you tube, i really like it you guys have a good sound, really like hard time wakin, good song

    is these anywhere i can down load your songs, i am living in china,

    30 weeks ago
  • Ursula McGibbon
    Ursula McGibbon

    FOR WHOS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS??? THE COURTHOUSE'S??? IM CONFUSED!! LOL :D

    31 weeks ago
  • Patsy
    luv Patsy

    just like to dedicate a bit of love to McGurk after the unsavoury incident on malone rd on thurs nite involving ungentlemanly conduct from a cowardly unkown attacker

    31 weeks ago
  • Jellyfish Promotions
    Jellyfish Promotions

    WE NEED YOU!...
    XtremeFm is on its 11th broadcast and need up and comming new bands to play on their live lounge slot. Play your own Material or a new spin on an old song we need as many different styles as possible...
    To apply and learn more go to:
    www.xtremefm.co.uk/bands.html

    33 weeks ago
  • Erin Hickey

    ayo I was going through peoples profiles, and i think you are an interesting guy, and hot too. I was doing a lil cam show for my friends gettin naughty, hit me up on MSN my names tartariflf@hotmail.com byez

    33 weeks ago via Mobile
  • Andy Davenport
    Andy Davenport

    Any chance I could get a copy of the EP?

    33 weeks ago
  • Joe Beattie
    Joe Beattie

    seen u on bbc2 last night, good performance boys, congrats :)
    i noticed u hav added some new members since i last seen u.
    any belfast gigs planned?

    35 weeks ago
  • Shane
    Shane

    I'm rippin' I missed the launch of the new songs lads. Sure I'll hear 'im soon though. Keep it up.

    36 weeks ago
  • Dope Boy Fresh
    luv Dope Boy Fresh

    you guys are great, i love ya music!! keep up the good work!! Duke

    39 weeks ago
  • Sarah C
    Sarah C

    use added me lol

    44 weeks ago
  • Andy Davenport
    Andy Davenport

    Thats legend thanks!!!!!!

    45 weeks ago
  • Andy Davenport
    Andy Davenport

    Where will I be able to get the EP???? Im stuck in Bloody Mayo!!!!!! >:(

    45 weeks ago
  • Sleep Is Important
    luv Sleep Is Important

    No problem, thanks for the bebo love as well :)

    You guys are great!

    x

    45 weeks ago