Songwriters’ Showcase #2

Thanks to everyone who came down to Northern Guitars yesterday (4th December) for the Songwriters’ Showcase with me, @danpmcglade and @kirstybrannanmusic . And a big thanks to the staff at Northern Guitars as well. We’ll definitely be running more of these events with some fantastic Yorkshire based songwriters over the next few months. Make sure to sign up at www.captainwilberforce.com to stay updated with upcoming …

Bandcamp Friday!

Hi all. Bandcamp – undoubtedly the best site for supporting under the radar bands such as yours truly – are running another of their Bandcamp Friday events this weekend. That means that we get a bigger percentage of the money from any albums or songs you buy on Friday 5th December. Currently you can get the full digital discography (that’s …

Two upcoming gigs and album news

Really excited and frankly relieved, to announce that the new album is finally mixed and off to get mastered. There’s then a bit of a wait until release, as it has to go out to manufacture and then press. We’re hoping for it to be available next February, both as download on Bandcamp, on CD and on the usual streaming …

Another World. Another Life. Another Time.

1. Holding On 3:082. Got It 2:433. Four Words And The Enter Key 3:084. Dreaming Out Loud 2:425. Golden 4:186. Can’t Get It Out Of My Head 4:247. Without Your Light 4:078. The Installation 3:539. Christine You’re Such A Drag 2:5810. Sonny 3:1811. Lighter Shade Of Blue 2:40

When The Dust Just Won’t Settle

1. Sad Machine 04:102. The Last Dance is Over 03:143. The View From An English Breakfast 03:174. Think That She Knows 03:315. I’m The Fool 03:156. The Finest Excuses 03:427. We Don’t Know Anything 03:278. Silence Echoes 04:199. When It Rains 03:1210. Like It Never Happened 03:5411. Green, Unpleasant Land 03:4712. Take Me Home To The Moon 02:59

Black Sky Thinking

1. The Johnny Depp Memorial Cafe 03:302. Good Times, You Said 03:503. Skin 03:144. Someone to Love 03:365. Couples 03:236. You Can’t Have Me 03:017. Lazarus 04:118. King of Indecision 03:319. Everybody’s Talking to Themselves 03:3410. Behind Crossed Fingers 03:3011. Stickleback Toffee 02:2312. Black Sky Thinking 04:46

Ghost Written Confessions

1. A Beautiful Waste of Time 03:372. In Hell 03:363. Your Imaginary Friends 03:154. Get Hurt 03:465. The Day Your Mouth Stood Still 02:586. Baby Girl 04:137. Los Angeles 03:008. Me and Your Mother (Before You Were Born) 03:409. This Little Miracle 02:5810. She’s My Kryptonite 05:08

Everyone Loves A Villain

1. No Strings Or Ties 02:522. Everybody Loves A Villain 03:173. Confetti, Champagne And Roses 02:544. The Longest Night 04:165. The Girl Who Broke Her Own Heart 04:156. Get A Grip, My Dear 03:277. A Different Sea 02:408. Don’t Get Me Started 03:259. Born Again Brand New Man 02:5910. You Must Remember This 04:3011. The Twilight Kids 02:13

Mindfilming

1. Glass 03:112. Vaselined Eyes 02:323. I Haven’t Got Any Famous Friends 03:154. A Very British Earthquake 03:285. No Guarantees 03:526. Singer Wanted, Preferably Dead 04:037. Teaching You To Swim 03:338. The Incredible Commuting Mole Must Die 03:079. Mindfilming 03:2910. After Her 01:39

Band updates and upcoming acoustic gigs

We must have had more than 10 bassists play in Captain Wilberforce over the years – the nature of being in a band of a certain age (life can get in the way). Very recently we’ve recruited Geoff Doig to replace the bass player shaped hole left by Matt Lewis who had been with us over the last couple of …

New Single “The Installation” and lyric video

You can’t please everyone all of the time – and no doubt this will be a prime example; politics is divisive by nature. But nonetheless, here is our new single – The Installation. Available on Bandcamp from Mon 28th October, but out now on YouTube as a lyric video. Feel free to share on any of the platforms you regularly …