Nice to see “Someone to Love” is featured in Rokline Magazine this week as one of their “iNdiE PiKs: Weekly Spotlight” songs… Always nice to get recognised!
‘Good Times…’ on the BBC
Thanks once again to Tom Robinson for featuring another song from the Distance EP – Good Times, You Said on the BBC Introducing Mixtape on BBC 6 Music. Only 2 more to complete the set! If you haven’t seen it already here’s the video for Good Times, You Said. As usual all comments / shares / likes are welcomed! [youtube …
Radio friendly but not hip…
…from a nice 7/10 review from Whisperin and Hollerin blog. Apparently the reviewer thinks I’d be happier writing for 80’s audiences. Not sure if he means audiences in their eighties. He’s probably right either way.
Today’s the Day…
… that the Distance Ep is officially released! It’s available free (or pay what you like) from: Bandcamp Noisetrade You can also download my all 3 of my albums for the massively discounted price of £5 at Bandcamp Watch the 4 videos for the Ep at the Captain Wilberforce You Tube Channel Please Like, Comment, Share as widely as possible as …
Radio play so far…
Some stations have been playing songs from the new EP – you can listen again to the shows: Shock pop – http://www.scrubradio.com/ The Strange Boutique – http://www.mixcloud.com/thestrangeboutique/the-strange-boutique-show-198/ Also Warwick Uni Radio – http://player.radio.warwick.ac.uk/ are playing one of the songs on their unsigned programme today at 2pm And… Uni of Gloucestershire’s Tone Radio are playlisting Someone to Love next week. http://player.toneradio.co.uk/ …
Someone to Love
So here it is, the lead song from my new Distance EP – Someone to Love. Out next week on Bandcamp (or if you can’t wait, then here, right now!) [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCPFvFcYoXk&w=853&h=480] All four videos for the EP are playlisted here
First review of the Distance EP
From the Noisetrade blog: “If you dig the melodic, new wave side of alt-rock (with a heavy dash of quirky charm), Captain Wilberforce just might become one of your new favorite bands. Much like Elvis Costello and Randy Newman, Captain Wilberforce pairs cheery, upbeat musicality with darker, acerbic lyrics. While a song title like “The Johnny Depp Memorial Cafe” alerts …
You Can’t Have Me
Time for video number 3: levelling with you, probably my fourth favourite video of the four, but I do like the song, especially the insane piano skills of Mr Ric Neale. Will a jigsaw keep your interest while listening? I don’t know. Cut me some slack, I’ve got a miniscule budget here!! If you like it though, tell people. Comment. You …
Early EP release via Noisetrade
Well here’s a turn-up for the books – I was planning on a 20th Oct release for the Distance EP via Bandcamp but Noisetrade (I’m very happy to report) have jumped the gun and picked the EP out to promote on the front page of their site. This is a pretty big deal as Noisetrade have hundreds of thousands of …
Top Ten ways to help me out! Part 2
So here are some of the best ways to spread the word about my music*. If you do any / all of these you will have my undying thanks forever. If you don’t however, you are dead to me^. 5. Review my songs on Amazon / or CD baby Nice reviews, or absolute slatings work best. 4. Word of Mouth …
Top Ten ways to help me out! Part 1
Times are hard – no-one (apart from Russian billionaires) have any spare cash to spend on “under the radar” alt-pop bands. And they rarely do. So, how can you help me out on a zero budget? Let us count the ways* – here are numbers 10 to 6. (5 to 1 tomorrow – can you stand the suspense?) 10. Post content …
The Johnny Depp Memorial Cafe
Here’s video number two, Three weeks til the ‘Distance EP’ is released; this time created with the help of Alex and Aimee who guided me through the intricacies of Minecraft and laughed at my ineptness! Who can spot all the times I lost control of the little flying man? Anyhoo, you can really help spread the word on the ol’ social media by …
Good Times, You Said
So, here we are then, a month before my new EP is released. Want a taster? Here’s the video for Good Times, You Said; I’d love your comments. Also please tell anyone you think might be vaguely interested ;o) [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7hkO8v9aiI&w=853&h=480]
Distance EP released in October
So finally, the Distance EP will be available to download on Oct 20th 2014 from Bandcamp. Yes, it’s taken an eternity, mainly due to my determination to get to grips with the recording process and some major arrangement changes, but it’s now been mastered and sent out to reviewers / radio etc. with some nifty artwork from or8design.com. The track listing is: …
Website refresh – video, T-shirts and more…
Now with added video playlist and merchandise Click on the merch link and not only do you get to check out a range of Captain Wilberforce T-shirts, bags etc. but you also get a sneaky preview of the artwork for the new ‘Distance’ EP designed by the always fantastic Owen at Or8design.com. Stay tuned over the next couple of weeks …
