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This Is Your Captain SpeakingStoryboard Independent From its delay-soaked opening notes, This Is Your Captain Speaking (henceforth referred to as TIYCS) has delivered an amazingly effective and highly emotive debut album. 'Storyboard', recorded entirely in the library of a local primary school during the vacation, is a record of joy, beauty and sadness; of highs and lows and addictive, entrancing melodies. This is quite an achievement given that it was all recorded live, featuring only two guitars, a drumkit, a xylophone, and - ever so occasionally - a typewriter. If there is anybody out there who believes that an instrumental record invariably lacks the depth and emotional character of its vocal-based counterparts, this record is absolute proof to the contrary. With just the faintest touch of a string, TIYCS can attack that same part of your soul, that same beat of your heart, as a poetic lyric or a strained high note. Their songs are long (opener Gathering Pieces sets the pace at a whopping eighteen minutes), but powerful; each song is filled with various movements, repeats and crescendos, built atop one another masterfully to draw you in and spit you out. In the vein of Godspeed! You Black Emperor or even Sigur Ros, TIYCS belong to that higher order of indie music that requires care and attention on the part of the listener to fully appreciate the intricacies of the music within. But open yourself up to the experience, and you will gain more out of it than you may ever have expected.  |
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