''Captain My Captain'' is the second and final
studio album by the pioneering American
queercore
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band
Team Dresch. The album was released on June 4, 1996, by
Chainsaw Records and
Candy Ass Records.
It was reissued in 2019 by Jealous Butcher Records, to coincide with a 25th anniversary reunion tour.
Recording
''Captain My Captain'' was recorded in November 1995 at John and Stu's Place in
Seattle
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, Washington and produced by
John Goodmanson.
Singer and guitarist
Jody Bleyle
Team Dresch is an American punk rock band originally formed in 1993 in Olympia, Washington. The band made a significant impression on the DIY punk movement queercore, which gave voice through zines and music to the passions and concerns of LGBT ...
stated that a lot of her writing on the album had to do with a "physical and emotional breakdown" she had before its recording. At the time, she recalled that the band's focus on politics and self-defense went "far beyond being an obsession", especially during an eight-week tour to support the ''
Free to Fight'' project.
Reception
Although ''Captain My Captain'' received positive reviews from critics, it was generally considered inferior to its predecessor, ''
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''.
Track listing
#"Uncle Phranc" – 3:23
#"107" – 4:05
#"My Dirty Hands are Mined" – 3:00
#"The Council" – 3:20
#"Don't Try Suicide" – 3:11
#"To the Enemies of Political Rock" – 2:26
#"Take on Me" – 1:59
#"Yes I Am Too But Who Am I Really?" – 2:50
#"I'm Illegal" – 2:32
#"Musical Fanzine" – 3:51
#"Remember Who You Are" – 8:19
References
External links
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1996 albums
Team Dresch albums