Captain are a British alternative rock band from London, England, who formed in 2004. Influenced by groups such as The Smashing Pumpkins, The Beach Boys, My Bloody Valentine and The Cure, their music has also been compared by critics to Prefab Sprout, The Beautiful South and Deacon Blue. The group signed to EMI Records and achieved success in 2006 with their singles “Broke” and “Glorious”, which reached numbers 34 and 30 on the UK Singles Chart respectively. Their Trevor Horn produced debut album, This Is Hazelville, was released on 14 August 2006 and reached number 23 on the UK Albums Chart.
Captain recorded their second album with EMI but due to the company being acquired, were dropped (with many other artists) before it was released. It remains unreleased to this day.
‘For Irini’ was Captain’s 3rd studio album which was self-released and crowdfunded via PledgeMusic.
Now Captain are back once again with their 4th studio album and also some live shows now being booked for 2024!