Wake Up Captain:Kevin Tihista's Red Terror

Title: Wake Up Captain\

Label: Parasol

Genre: quirky, orchestral pop

Rating: 6.8 of 7

Apparently Kevin Tihista is kind of an eccentric. Though he lives three hours north of his label, Parasol has a lot of trouble with the man who doesn’t believe in communication. He has a registered web space, but no computer, refuses to answer his phone and only likes to respond with handwritten letters. After weeks of persuasion, the only artist photo they could get from him is a 1 in by 1 in black and white photobooth shot found in the booklet. His apparent quirkiness is even more amplified through his intricately composed, for lack of a better word, opuses. Lying somewhere between Brian Wilson and Badly Drawn Boy, Wake Up Captain, is a musical gem of orchestral pop and whacked out Wayne Coyne influences. His lush voice is set aside to his amazingly witty lyrics. For example, “I want to know who put the drugs in my cocaine.” Anywho, this is an extremely well made and fun album that would make a fine film in my opinion.

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