Browse by Label: CAPTURED TRACKS

Artist:	HUDSON, JEFF & JANE
Title:	Flesh
Label:	CAPTURED TRACKS
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	CT 110CD

"Dark Entries and Captured Tracks have teamed up to re-issue the debut album Flesh by Jeff & Jane Hudson expanded with singles and EP material. Jeff & Jane Hudson are a husband/wife duo from Boston who got their start in the art punk band The Rentals in 1977. The Rentals broke up in 1980 and Jeff & Jane relocated to Manhattan where they opened for Suicide and quickly signed with No Wave label Lust/Unlust. Their first single No Clubs was released in late 1980 and showcased a lo-fi avant garde all synthesizer band. The World Trade EP came next in 1981, expanding their brand of post-nuclear electronic pop. The duo reached their pinnacle with 1982's seminal Flesh, perhaps one of the United States biggest achievements in the entire 'synth' movement of the era. The music was electro-pop employing early Roland synths and the TR-808 drum machine. Jeff's lyrics flirted with technology and politics, while Jane wrote about cultural and psychological situations. Completely self produced by the band, the record has since been oft-cited as a groundbreaking and pivotal LP of the post-punk era, whose original copies are now heavily coveted by collectors. Completing the discography is the Special World 7" released in 1983 before the band emigrated back to Boston and stopped recording and performing."

Artist:	SERVANTS, THE
Title:	Youth Club Disco
Label:	CAPTURED TRACKS
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	CT 111LP

"The Servants was an indie band formed in 1985 in Hayes, Middlesex, England by singer and songwriter David Westlake. Their brand of the mid-'80s jangly guitar-pop was intellectual, refined and classy as opposed to the shambolic and noisy lo-fi scene heralded by the C-86 compilation they would appear on and be connected with during their active career. After lots of lineup changes (including past/future members of The Auteurs and The Housemartins) and a string of great singles and one great LP (Disinterest) the band called it a day in 1991. Around this time, huge fan and Belle & Sebastian frontmn Stuart Murdoch was trying to locate David Westlake in the hopes of forming a band with him, before launching Belle in his school class instead. In 2006, the great Cherry Red label finally pulled together the unreleased tracks and singles into the CD Reserved from which this vinyl-only compilation is pulled. Combined with a copy of Disinterest (if you can find one) this collection is the essential vinyl document of a great band from a great era of music that can easily be thought of as what would be their debut LP." Includes mp3 download card.

Artist:	SOFT METALS
Title:	Soft Metals
Label:	CAPTURED TRACKS
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	CT 116CD

"Soft Metals' first full length, a self-titled release with Captured Tracks. The album is a further expression of their romance, but now - 2 years into their relationship - the two are looking a bit more outward. They explore fantastical soundscapes which conjure the dramatic cinematic worlds of Dario Argento, Roman Polanski, Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, and the Czech New Wave. Ultra-saturated colors with a touch of noir, opulent architecture, and mysterious femmes all spring to mind. From the deep examinations of the human psyche found in Adam Curtis documentaries (the subject matter of their track 'Psychic Driving'), to the controversial bridge between science and the soul via Carl Sagan and Ray Kurzweil, the duo revels in the trans-formative power of love, knowledge, and imagination. The outcome of all this is a collection of bittersweet electronic pop songs balanced by a delicate surrealism, a patient sense of experimentation that leaves you floating in your subconscious and moving to the beat. The sonic landscapes are sleek, but never icy. Even at her most dreamlike, Patricia's vocals reach an eerie beauty that is always deeply emotional. This emotional force is mirrored in her lyrics. For example, the gloriously cinematic 'Voices' features our heroine conquering her inner narrative of fear and weakness and finding the vitality to achieve her dreams. In 'Pain,' Hall sings the word with an almost brazen confidence. 'It's that pain,' she coos, in a song about the sometimes oceanic distance that develops between two souls, as though her familiarity with pain is so deep that she can begin to play with it. Finally, the vintage synthesizers and drum machines evoke a Space Age dreamer's vision of the future as evidenced most clearly in the gorgeously atmospheric 'Celestial Call'. Soft Metals have a strange nostalgia for a place not yet visited - a place where we live among the stars."

Artist:	SILK FLOWERS
Title:	Days Of Arrest
Label:	CAPTURED TRACKS
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CT 117EP

"Like any band worth paying attention to, New York trio Silk Flowers has been constantly shifting since they started. Beginning with a raw, punk-informed foundation to their damaged synth-pop leanings, each subsequent release saw the band shedding skin, bounding from reverb-heavy four-track hiss to disjointed murky instrumental sprawl, and most recently upping production to almost club-worthy standards. Days Of Arrest strays from the glossy veneer of their last full length and finds a much colder, hyper-focused territory than all previous work. The raw jaggedness that has been consistent throughout the band's history is refined into brittle columns, the sound of repetition and confinement. Instead of the rawness one could associate with the needle dropping on a scuffed punk 7", instead we're hearing the dull ache of raw nerves." Includes mp3 download card.

Artist:	WIDOWSPEAK
Title:	Widowspeak
Label:	CAPTURED TRACKS
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	CT 118CD

"Widowspeak, recorded at Rear House with Jarvis Taveniere of Woods, documents Widowspeak's inaugural year. In a relaxed studio setting songs born from those first jittery practices could breathe. The trio expanded their modest instrumentation while retaining a sparse aesthetic. The resulting record offers an eerie ambience, at times channeling 1950s jukebox pop, at others, 1960s psychedelia. While garnering comparisons to slow-moving 1990s acts such as Mazzy Star or Cat Power, Widowspeak have defined a sound that's earnestly nostalgic, and increasingly confident. Even so, these are songs about heartache. They are songs about homesickness, about longing for pine forests, reckless youth, and dark nights in strange cities."

Artist:	THIEVES LIKE US
Title:	Your Heart Feels
Label:	CAPTURED TRACKS
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CT 119EP

"Repress on 12" inch vinyl of the difficult to find German EP from 2008. The songs here actually were recorded in the bedroom of the band's basement flat in London during the summer of 2005. 'We were starving,' says drummer Pontus Berghe. 'You don't earn anything working in a London pub. The other two were drunk all the time and I was usually feeding them or cleaning up after them.' The title track can be described as an indie teen anthem programmed on a tone generator and then recorded through a Big Muff. The B-sides 'Fur Judith' and 'Don't Take Your Hands Away' remain in the band's live set to this day. A small and important page in TLU history!"

Artist:	SOFT MOON, THE
Title:	Total Decay
Label:	CAPTURED TRACKS
Format:	CD
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	CT 124CD

"Coming up on a year since their debut self-titled LP release, The Soft Moon presents Total Decay. Luis Vasquez continues to conjure a sound fueled tempest that intoxicates with its own post-apocalyptic dust in this new EP, which will he released on Halloween, fittingly. What began as a side-project has quickly gathered a cult following that has culled a spotlight in its own right, no longer in a cloaked corner. After two stirring 7 inches and a full album, it was apparent that Vasquez is digging his own niche, an intimate well-spoken whisper, carrying a heavy load of synths that creep and drums that command an uncontrollable pull from within. This intimate peak into another world, Vasquez's mind, has garnered a number of comparisons to some of the most iconic and influential hands of the post-punk and kraut rock movement."

Artist:	BLOUSE
Title:	Blouse
Label:	CAPTURED TRACKS
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	CT 125CD

"Blouse is based out of a warehouse in Portland, Oregon. This self-titled debut LP will show Blouse in a new light and to a larger audience. The album is more of an unveiling as each song rolls out the map of new territory that Blouse is claiming, this new wavy sound that is all their own. Hiltons' powerfully alluring voice guides this experience in a dream-like manner. Blouse has hit their stride with this release and will have listeners beckoning for more."

Artist:	BLOUSE
Title:	Blouse
Label:	CAPTURED TRACKS
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	CT 125LP

LP version with download code. "Blouse is based out of a warehouse in Portland, Oregon. This self-titled debut LP will show Blouse in a new light and to a larger audience. The album is more of an unveiling as each song rolls out the map of new territory that Blouse is claiming, this new wavy sound that is all their own. Hiltons' powerfully alluring voice guides this experience in a dream-like manner. Blouse has hit their stride with this release and will have listeners beckoning' for more."

Artist:	SHOULD
Title:	A Folding Sieve
Label:	CAPTURED TRACKS
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	CT 127LP

LP version. "As the first contribution to Captured Tracks' Shoegaze Archives series, Should offers A Folding Sieve. This classic take on the genre lends waves of euphoric dream pop sounds, similar to My Bloody Valentine. This album was originally released in 1995 under the name shiFt by the Austin-based record label N D. The LP release of A Folding Sieve includes the original release's tracks as well as 'Faded' and 'O wn Two Feet', all songs on vinyl for the first time."

Artist:	DEARDARKHEAD
Title:	Oceanside: 1991- 1993
Label:	CAPTURED TRACKS
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	CT 128CD

"As the second contribution to Captured Tracks' Shoegaze Archives series, deardarkhead offers their brilliant take on the genre with Oceanside: 1991- 1993. The New Jersey-based band was formed in 1988 with their name is taken from an anonymously written Irish poem of the 18th century 'Cean Dubh Dilis', about a beautiful girl with black hair. Their sound perfectly blends post-punk guitar experimentalism with a heavy atmospheric dreampop aura, similar to Pale Saints and Ride. This release is completely remastered."

Artist:	DEARDARKHEAD
Title:	Oceanside: 1991- 1993
Label:	CAPTURED TRACKS
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	CT 128LP

LP version. "As the second contribution to Captured Tracks' Shoegaze Archives series, deardarkhead offers their brilliant take on the genre with Oceanside: 1991- 1993. The New Jersey-based band was formed in 1988 with their name is taken from an anonymously written Irish poem of the 18th century 'Cean Dubh Dilis', about a beautiful girl with black hair. Their sound perfectly blends post-punk guitar experimentalism with a heavy atmospheric dreampop aura, similar to Pale Saints and Ride. This release is completely remastered. Some tracks previously unreleased as well as all tracks never before on vinyl."

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Artist:	MINKS
Title:	Araby
Label:	CAPTURED TRACKS
Format:	7"
Price:	$6.00
Catalog #:	CT 121EP

Artist:	HEAVENLY BEAT
Title:	Suday/Desire
Label:	CAPTURED TRACKS
Format:	7"
Price:	$6.00
Catalog #:	CT 122EP

Artist:	DIVE
Title:	Sometime/Corvalis
Label:	CAPTURED TRACKS
Format:	7"
Price:	$6.00
Catalog #:	CT 123EP

Artist:	NICELY, NICK
Title:	Elegant Daze: 1979-1986
Label:	CAPTURED TRACKS
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	CT 126LP

Artist:	MEDICINE
Title:	Time Baby 2
Label:	CAPTURED TRACKS
Format:	7"
Price:	$6.00
Catalog #:	CT 132EP