My Sad Captains are the latest addition to the Bella Union family,
bringing with them a third album that further defines their exquisitely
tailored, subtly expressive and melodically radiant songcraft. Like the
brilliant 1961 poem by the late Thom Gunn from which the London-based
quartet takes its name, a sparingly deployed assemblage of words and
emotions shows that less can be so much more.
The nine songs that comprise Best Of Times have an almost underplayed
guitar-pop sensibility reminiscent of many classic indie bands of the
80s. But neither are they any kind of throwback, with suitably
restrained and delicate shades of keyboards and a beautiful clarity of
sound that’s distinctly 21st century.
