Armellodie is delighted to present the scrumptious new single from Sheffield’s wonky-pop albinos, Kill the Captains.
Rummy is a quintessentially British counter-kilter barn stomper. With a skip in its step and dovetailing guitars it cuts bitter lyrical swathes against the slobbering uber-Neanderthal - “Came down from the treetops, knuckles still dragging” - the type who steals your wife whilst closing the deal on the insurance you never wanted - “Learnt a string of pleasantries and never stopped smiling”. Like all great rock stompers it perfectly pairs a classic and memorable melody with foot-tap-inducing scuzzy guitars.
Having debuted with their self-titled EP in 2008 the band has developed into a ferocious live act with a burgeoning reputation. Favourable comparisons have been made to XTC, Television and Les Savy Fav, and the band cite Pavement, Pere Ubu and Can amongst their many influences.
The single is backed by two exclusive b’side’s, the simmering two-note repetition of Reverse Psychiatry, a song that builds on the image of a vulture surveying a becalmed battlefield, and then propelled into battle itself with ascending chord patterns and souring vocals in its arsenal.
Contrary to that we have the stripped-down yarn of Supermarket Sweep. Which the band describes as, “a feel-good ditty”, if it's possible to write feel-good about a security guard being trampled to death on the first morning of the Wallmart Black Friday sales!
Rummy is a quintessentially British counter-kilter barn stomper. With a skip in its step and dovetailing guitars it cuts bitter lyrical swathes against the slobbering uber-Neanderthal - “Came down from the treetops, knuckles still dragging” - the type who steals your wife whilst closing the deal on the insurance you never wanted - “Learnt a string of pleasantries and never stopped smiling”. Like all great rock stompers it perfectly pairs a classic and memorable melody with foot-tap-inducing scuzzy guitars.
Having debuted with their self-titled EP in 2008 the band has developed into a ferocious live act with a burgeoning reputation. Favourable comparisons have been made to XTC, Television and Les Savy Fav, and the band cite Pavement, Pere Ubu and Can amongst their many influences.
The single is backed by two exclusive b’side’s, the simmering two-note repetition of Reverse Psychiatry, a song that builds on the image of a vulture surveying a becalmed battlefield, and then propelled into battle itself with ascending chord patterns and souring vocals in its arsenal.
Contrary to that we have the stripped-down yarn of Supermarket Sweep. Which the band describes as, “a feel-good ditty”, if it's possible to write feel-good about a security guard being trampled to death on the first morning of the Wallmart Black Friday sales!
Release Date: 8th March 2010
Catalogue: ARM09
Format: Digital Download / CD
Catalogue: ARM09
Format: Digital Download / CD
