Captain A – New Years Tide

“Captain A is topical electro-psychedelic folk music carved out of the expansive boglands and beaches of donegal, on the north-left coast of Ireland.” The musical musings of Eoghan Holland have been something I’ve been unaware of until about a month ago when I think Mumblin Deaf Ro mentioned him on Jim’s Blog. I’ve only sunk my teeth/ears into his ‘Guerrilla Love Songs’ and it’s great. In places there’s beautiful crooning folky vocals a la Cohen and in others, the vocals and melodies that accompany them jump to something akin to Tom Waits circa ‘Raindogs’ or ‘Franks Wild Years’. In saying that, it’s impossible to pin Captain A down to one particular sound.

Similar to some of Ireland’s other underground musical mischief makers, Captain A’s albums are available to download for free.

Guerrilla Love Songs (zip)

Yellowback (zip)