The Captain - This Is Hazelville

This Is Hazelville was the debut album by London five-piece Captain, produced by Trevor Horn. Opening the album with a tinkling piano and a softly sung title track by Rik Flynn in falsetto mode (not unlike Jon Anderson), it could have been yet another one of those piano-led indie albums so prevalent in the middle of the first decade of the 21st century. But no. First of all, it might have been indie in spirit, but Captain had signed a major-label deal with EMI, and halfway through the first song, Mario Athanasiou's guitar breaks in and it was a rock album after all. Read More