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Black Swan Eye

by Ill Starred Captain

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Black Swan Eye 04:09
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2.
The Universe Is Laughing 04:26
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3.
All Good Too Easy 03:19
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4.
Four Feet Away 04:01
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Wendigo Howl 03:49
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Her Lover Swam Out To Sea 04:57
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7.
Sisters 01:34
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8.
Red Dog Blues 03:01
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Beloved Prepare My House 04:05
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Today, today is a good day to ride, our train, our train pounding throught the country like a big black heart. Come on beloved, and prepare my house Come on beloved, and prepare my house We are born, we are born and then straight away lost Spend our days searching dark places for their light, and out it pours...out it pours like liquid diamonds, this light won't fade, this light it frays and gets taken on. Today, today is a good day to die. Our train, our train pounding through the country like a big black heart. Come on beloved, and prepare my house Come on beloved, and prepare my house Come on, prepare my house, (Alright ok alright!)
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Westward & Beyond 04:15
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Ill Starred Captain's long awaited album "Black Swan Eye" was released on the fifth of November, 2010 on the bands Seawitch Music label. After four long years of gestation, the two piece band is overjoyed at having their second full length album complete along with four high-quality videos to accompany the release.

The four video tracks are Four Feet Away, Black Swan Eye, All Good Too Easy and Her Lover Swan Out to Sea. Musically Black Swan Eye covers a vast range of moods and sounds, there's everything from adrenaline-charged surf punk, to exquisitely crafted balladry, with wild hearted blues and flamenco touches. Lyrically the songs explore themes of love, madness, death and transformation in a richly diverse and often humorous way.

Guitarist/songwriter Scott Bassham explains Black Swan Eye's long creation as "a kind of distillation of all our experiences while making the record." We toured constantly throughout Australia, making money to record and during that time, soaked up everything that happened to us, physically, artistically and spiritually, crushing it all into the songs. What you hear is the wine that resulted from so much experience. Ill Starred Captain's road over the last four years has been both very exhausting and inspiring for the band.

"We are a totally indie band where Justin and I run everything, production, touring, the Seawitch Label, all on a shoe string and with absolutely no handouts. We threw ourselves on a massive touring schedule to raise the money to produce this album and for a long time we seriously wondered if the band would survive to see it through to its completion.

Now that it's done and out in the world, we're hugely proud of it. The record is a testament to our will to survive, creatively, physically and spiritually. Finishing it means a lot to us."

“A sound that speaks of country roads,
Travelling adventures and a myriad of stories”.

Athron McCann, The Beat Magazine,
Bali, Indonesia 2010

credits

released November 4, 2010

Words & Music: Scott Bassham

Produced by Justin Francis & Scott Bassham

Scott Bassham: Electric & acoustic guitars, vocals, mandolin, bass guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano, maracca shaker, hand claps & tamborine.

Justin Francis: Drum Kit, Backing vocals on 'All Good Too Easy", tamborine, Spanish cajon drum, bells & handclaps.

Recorded & Engineered by Dave Lokan, Big Sound Studio's, Adelaide, South Australia between 29th April 2006 – 20th November 2009.

tracks, 'Wendigo Howl' & 'Westward & Beyond' were recorded by Drew Parker at Schpang Studio's in Port Lincoln, South Australia in 2007.

Drum Kit was recorded by Peter Mihilaras @ Atlantis Studio's Port Lincoln, South Australia in 2009.

Mixed by Dave Lokan, Scott Bassham & Justin Francis

Mastered by Dave Lokan

Words & Music Copyright Scott Bassham 2010

Black Swan Eye L.P. Copyright Seawitch Music 2010

Photography: Eddy Crabtree, Jeff Corney, Carina Corney, Katjia Schwan, Scott Bassham & Rohan Lyndsay.

Guest Musicians:

Katia Smith provides vocals on 'Westward & Beyond'.

Eli Ianucci provides backing vocals & Harmonica on The 'Universe Is Laughing'.

Dave Lokan provides hand claps on 'All Good Too Easy'.

Cover Design & Graphic Artwork: Justin Francis & Corey - Igga Hennecker.

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“Ill Starred Captain blend the best elements of Folk, Roots and Garage Rock’n’Roll, to create their powerhouse sound. Combining their basic two-piece instrumentation of drums, guitars and vocals, Ill Starred Captain manage to create a melodic and explosive sound that utterly transcends its simple sonic ingredients. ... more

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