This guy mega-loathes deceitful people

Captain Chaos - May All Liars Burn In Hell (2005)

Sometimes I listen to the radio with my older brother because he, for whatever reason, can’t stomach the tunes I enjoy. For this reason I’d feel comfortable saying that I’m well versed with what’s popular with the kids nowadays. It seems to me that most folks fancy songs that don’t tell stories (barring the “yo yo gurl lemme get somma dat” or whatever but I don’t consider that a story; I know this is a broad generalization but for the sake of this review let’s go with it). I’d imagine these casual listeners would be upset by the opening track of Captain Chaos‘ album May All Liars Burn In Hell. This record kicks off with a tale of a desperate musician who decides to rob a bank. The kicker is that he expects to get caught and that he hopes that the publicity associated with the arrest will drum up interest in his music. Unusual? Sure is. Does it make for a groovy song? You tell me.

Captain Chaos is an alias of Chris Clavin, who is one half of the two headed folk punk moster known as Ghost Mice (disclaimer: I’ve yet to listen to a Ghost Mice album). He seems like a pretty cool dude that plays a mean acoustic guitar that just happens to have a hardcore loathing for deceitful folk). Most all of the time the tracks are up beat with nothing but Chris and his six string, spinning yarns about Justin Clifford Rhody and other interesting things. His voice is soft enough to sound fitting with the acoustic, yet hard and enthusiastic enough to pick up on the punx vibe (I spelled “punk” that way on purpose because I think that’s how all the cool kids do it nowadays).

The cover of the album has two stuffed animal monkey things near a beach. That’s pretty cool, but random. This one time I threw a frisbee. Random. It’s a must have for anyone that enjoys acoustic punx or any of the Plan-It X projects for that matter. By the way, Chris Clavin has dropped the moniker since the release of this album and is releasing tuneskis under his real name. Just letting you know since chances are that you’ll want to check out more of this dude’s stuff. Mad props to Muffins for the rec.

4.25/5

Written by Mellow

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