Nothing Lives Long, He Sang, Only the Earth and the Mountains

Product Description
Brave Captain is Martin Carr (ex-Boo Radleys leader/songwriter). More ethereal than the bittersweet pop tunage of the Boo Rad's. Pure Bacarach pop. The full title is 'Nothing LastsLong , He Sang, Only The Earth And The Mountains'. Standard jewel case. 2001 release.

Tracks:

The Monk Jumps Over the Wall
The Tragic Story
Tell Her You Want Her
Big Red Control Machine
Where Is My Head
Raining Stones
Assembly of the Unrepresented
Reuben
Ein Hoff Le
Hermit Vs. The World
Third Unattended Bag on the Right
Go With Yourself

Album Description

Brave Captain is Martin Carr (ex-Boo Radleys leader/songwriter). More ethereal than the bittersweet pop tunage of the Boo Rad's. Pure Bacarach pop. The full title is 'Nothing LastsLong , He Sang, Only The Earth And The Mountains'. Standard jewel case. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews:

Martin Carr's brave side-project.......2004-05-14

As the brains behind the music of The Boo Radleys, Brave Captain provides Martin Carr more artistic freedom, a wider latitude to experiment. His side project combines everything from Aphex Twin/Mouse On Mars electronica and Flaming Lips psychadelia, to ringing industrial clanks and the Dandy Warhols-type fuzz-pop. You can sense Carr's musical thought process here, dabbling in different genres creating a pastiche of sounds and styles. Yet the CD has an undercurrent of The Boo Radleys' quirky structures and melodic wispful sound (sans trumpets and shoegaze tendencies) Martin Carr almost seemed liked a restless spirit with The Radleys, an unconventional musical visionary making music on 'his terms', which continues with side-project Brave Captain.

Big Bill's #13 of 2001.......2001-12-29

Ex Boo Radley's leader Martin Carr picks up in full swing with his solo project Brave Captain. If you liked The Boo Radley's, or if you like The Beatles, Blur, or Pavement, pick up this disc. Track #11, The Third Unattended Bag on the Right, is the #1 SONG OF THE YEAR. And no one has heard it.

The Next Musical Genius.......2001-06-24

Martin Carr, former mastermind behind the Boo Radley's, establishes himself as possibly the greatest music writer in history with this record. His work is far more advanced than 95% of the musicians out there, yet he remains underappreciated. Think of what made the great ones special...Stevie Wonder playing all those instruments and making a groove out of them, Paul McCartney creating rich pop melodies among the many instruments he plays, Brian Wilson and those catchy pop hooks, or how about Jimmy Page overlapping 3 and 4 guitars for that rich textured sound. All of these musicians have earned their way into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and rightly so. However, Martin Carr can do everything these musicians can do just as good, if not better. He's also more experimental than these artists too. It's like he puts together a beautiful pop masterpiece, and then rips it up with some feedback or a killer riff. He writes full symphonies and plays them over wailing guitars. He sings sweet catchy songs about insanity and The Tragic Story of the Working People. The world made a mistake and neglected The Boo Radleys. Now that Martin Carr is on his own, throw away that Eagles disc and try Brave Captain. Buy it...and keep listening!!

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