Press Release: More Than Friends

Cape Town based ska / reggae band Captain Stu have released the second single of their second album (The Adventures of Captain Stu), namely More Than Friends, to radio stations nationwide for play listing on Friday, 5 July 2009.

“They stay true to their signature energetic and diverse sound  in which they combine different genres of music such as rock, ska, reggae and funk which causes for instant foot-tapping and sing-along.”

“I know we’re not lovers, I know we’re more than friends / I didn’t mean to say I need you, let me stay tonight / I know it’s not perfect, it’s the best we’re gonna get.”

“Don’t say that you love me, cos when you say it it’s a lie.”

Clement Carr, Captain Stu’s (original) ex-saxophonist came to practice one day with a song he’d been working on for piano. As usually happens with Captain Stu creations, the band quickly began to work on it together, eventually coming out with the song as it stands now, although much, if not most, of the original work and ideas should be credited to Carr. Once that was done, Nick Key (lead singer) wrote most of the lyrics and vocal melodies and James Klopper (guitarist) wrote a short part of the lyrics which can be heard near the end of the song.

“The song seems to be about the connections between people, acquaintances, friends, lovers, etc. It’s about finding that time and space where you’re happy and content with the people or person in your life, and then going with it, following the flow for all it’s worth, and enjoying and enduring the ups and the downs together. I suppose it’s also about expressing yourself in any situation in the best way possible, which for us turned out to be a slick little melody with no lyrics whatsoever.”

Besides the usual ‘anyone who enjoys happy, creative and energetic music’, we’d like to think that anybody who has any kind of connection with anyone else could identify with this song. While we realise this includes every living human on this planet, we can’t help but believe that our music has a universal appeal, and we’re going to keep writing and recording more music until we prove this, or until our fingers fall off and our tongues fall out.” James Klopper, Captain Stu guitarist.

Can’t wait to hear the and see the new song! In the meantime you can download the album here from Rhythm Records..

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yours in musical mover