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Captains of Industry, Captains of War

by The Successful Failures

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Stagger Lee & Woodrow Wilson 04:13
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Milwaukee 03:43
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Hit the Ground Running 03:46
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1954 03:11
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Meal Parade (Always Be Around) 03:00
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Ghost Around Here 03:21
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Falling Out 04:45
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Navigation by the Stars 04:03
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Knew Me on Sunday 01:56
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O Carolina 03:24
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Sunny in My Head 02:21
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John Henry 02:43
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The Successful Failures--Captains of Industry, Captains of War (FDR).

Formed in 2005 and named for a 1901 Jack London story, Minions of Midas, Chesterfield, NJ trio The Successful Failures perfect their respected craft on their new fifth LP, Captains of Industry, Captains of War (FDR). Already a dependable, refreshingly honest, smart rock ‘n’ roll band with a first rate singer/songwriter in ageless ex-Dipsomanics leader Mick Chorba, they seamlessly mix melodic classic power-pop, garage rock, and unaffected rock ’n’ roll with roots-inflected rock and winsome, harmonic pop. And on Captains, Chorba’s stubborn, gripping hooks and thoughtful-as-ever lyrics, Ron Bechamps supple bass and vocal harmonies, and Rob Martin’s powerful pounding feels particularly timeless. It’s an insistent yet smooth attack not unlike The Replacements, Cheap Trick, Superdrag, or contemporary Teenage Fanclub, Sloan, and Nada Surf.

Also, Captains again shows impressive range, pleasantly sprinkling in acoustic-built gems such as the elegiac, quietly heartbreaking, piano-fed “Falling Out” and “Meal” alongside sublime guitar rockers such as “Stagger Lee” (an twist on the wicked protagonist of the 19th Century folk/R&B classic with a reference to a 1969 Neil Young LP), “Sunny,” and the evocative—of another folklore archetype—“John Henry.” Like The Replacements’ Pleased, Captains sees The Successful Failures slimmed from a quartet to their initial threesome. Second guitarist John Williams “had to leave to open a running store,” explains Chorba,” bringing them “back to the original roots: songs I wrote that are band arranged. Some are more on the alt.country side, but we wanted it to be an up-tempo rock ’n’ roll record. We record live, no click track, so it has the right energy, at our studio FDR studio C.”

In addition to their new EP, Pine Hill, covering Old Crow Medicine Show, Johnny Cash, and Hank Williams Sr., The Successful Failures often do acoustic shows with covers of Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, and Irish folk. Clearly they do it all, with spirit, intelligence, determination, and sneaky power. And Captains is their best.

—Jack Rabid, editor and publisher, The Big Takeover Magazine

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released October 21, 2014

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FDR Label Chesterfield, New Jersey

FDR Label is the small NJ indie label with the big power pop heart. Formed in 1996, FDR Label is known for wildly popular tribute CDs to the Replacements, The Who, and the 80s movie tribute, High School Reunion.

Releases have featured Guided By Voices, Frank Black, Matthew Sweet, Pat Dinizio, The Bigger Lovers, Bastards of Melody, The Successful Failures, the Dipsomaniacs, Taggart, and many more. ... more

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