Captain

Captain, a London band formed in the mid-2000s, mark twenty years since their debut album This Is Hazelville with a one-off show at Barfly Camden, performing the record in full.

Captain play a guitar pop built on widescreen arrangements and the close vocal exchanges between Rik Flynn and Clare Szembek. Comparisons have been drawn with Prefab Sprout, The Beautiful South, The Cure, The Beach Boys and My Bloody Valentine, though the band's sound is generally heard as its own.

Their debut album, This Is Hazelville, was produced by Trevor Horn and issued through EMI. It reached 23rd place in the UK albums chart and produced the singles Glorious, Broke and Frontline. For this anniversary the band will play all eleven songs in the order they appear on the record, a performance the band has not previously given in full. The set will also include a few later songs, among them material from The Blue Rose, the fourth studio album, made after the band returned to live performance in 2024.

The night takes place at Barfly Camden, a concert venue on Chalk Farm Road in north London. It will suit listeners who know the album well and those who want to hear it performed as a complete work, as well as anyone following the band's career since its debut.