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Selected press for 'Miracle Kicker'...

'There are countless acts out there weaving folk tinged melodies and circling acoustic guitars with electronic chimes and beats but you'll have to go a long way to hear it done with this level of emotion and originality or with such delicate vocal harmonies'. MixMag

'Underneath the menace of the bleak (but very tuneful) acoustic guitar/laptop/trumpet battles lurks Dan Carney's occasionally weary tales of quite but definite personal hysteria, all told in a sweet estuary twang...a charming record and one liable to sting you if you're not paying attention'. The Fly Magazine

'A sweetness infuses every song as the vocal harmonies blend over the crisp, acoustic=electric arrangements' Plan B

' ...boasting tuneful acoustic guitar melodies and subtle yet effective trademarked wisping vocals...when you play this CD you often forget it;s actually on but when it finishes one feels slightly alone and you have to put it on again..' Clash Magazine (DCLC album of the month 10/08)

'Like a rustic Air adrift in a haze of woozy acoustica, DCLC's debut washes over the listener, the Wicker Man-style soundscapes smothered by multilayered harmonies that sigh with vague unease' Q Magazine

'Nu-folk wannabes are clogging up our arteries at the moment but you can't switch off and miss a gem like this. DCLC specialise in acidy, harmony-drenched acoustics. Lilting like Simon & Garfunkel over ominous guitar picks and swooning strings, it's a delicious face-off between dark and light. If an album's worth of psych-pop-folk meandering sounds too much, just listen to Questions... and beg for more later'. Teletext

Older press...

There’s something immediately likeable about Dark Captain Light Captain. They manage to sound fresh and exciting while remaining strangely familiar, to retain the rough-edged quality of a DIY recording while sounding more than competently produced and, all-in-all, win us over with a minimum of effort and a quiet, lackadaisical confidence.

Track ‘Spontaneous Combustion Pact’ showcases their talents brilliantly; a chilled out, sleepy track that rides along on a rolling beat that sounds like it’s knocked out on the lid of an old wooden chest and a kitchen’s worth of pots and pans. Gradually, the track emerges from its own smoke-fuelled haze into a brilliant crescendo of old keyboards, xylophones and plucked acoustic guitars, accompanied along the way by a paranoid, doubled-up vocal that urges us to turn our ‘x-ray eyes into a visor and turn this whole thing around’.

Elsewhere, the beautiful ‘Mid-session Interval’ proves the ‘Captains’ don’t need a beat to create a thoroughly engaging track, building instead on a brilliant pairing of chiming acoustic guitars, a well-placed chord change and exquisite vocal harmonies. ‘They Be Underwater’ continues the foot-tapping rhythms, this time with a soft metronomic beat that underpins more plucked guitars and whispered vocals while ‘Everybody’s Opening…’ sounds for a moment like it borrows the vocal talents of Damon Albarn. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was a fan. We certainly are.