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Yorkshire based band O Captain chatted to us this week. The Captain's have recently released thier new EP 'Ghetto Hikes' and were on hand to tell us a little about that and themselves. This is how it went down:

1) Who are O Captain?

O Captain are: Thomas Bower - Vocals and Guitar / Ryan Smith - Bass and Vocals / Paul Bamforth - Guitar / Michael Watson - Drums and Vocals. We formed back in January 2013, with Michael Watson joining in June 2013 after original drummer Nathaniel moved to china.

2) You've recently released your new EP 'Ghetto Hikes', tell us a little about that?

'Ghetto Hikes' is 3 songs that we recorded a while back, but being indescribably disorganised we've only just managed to get it out there for people to listen to. They're 3 of our catchiest songs, the most fun to play, and go down great live. It's available for free on our bandcamp page: http://thebandocaptain.bandcamp.com

3) Favourite gig of which you've played?

We've had some great fun playing gigs but some stand-outs include: our first ever gig in Sheffield back in late 2013 supporting the mighty Honeyblood, playing the launch night for new music, art and culture magazine 'No Brainer' in Manchester a couple of months ago, and performing to a packed venue at last weekend's Live in Barnsley Festival - so busy, even the event organisers had to watch us from the street outside.

4) Where do you O Captain see themselves in 5 years time?

We do this for the love of it. Getting in a room together and writing music we love, and performing it in the hopes that others will appreciate it and enjoy it too. We all work full time so we really do take the whole thing 1 step at a time and are just enjoying the ride.

5) What's next for O Captain?

Our next big one is Tramlines Festival 2014 in Sheffield City Centre. We'll be performing 4 gigs over 3 days. Player's bar on the Friday, both DQ and Beg, Borrow & Steal on the Saturday, before finishing off at The Red House on the Sunday evening. There's going to be some rushing about and some sore heads come the Monday morning. Then we'll be performing at the launch of a brand new punk rock club night in Sheffield, 'This Party Sucks' on the 2nd of August along with Wolves at Heart and Bad Blood. We're also looking to get another EP recorded in July/August for a release in September/October time.

Big thanks to O Captain for the interview.

Visit O Captains webpage on Bandcamp and listen: http://thebandocaptain.bandcamp.com/ or listen via Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thebandocaptain

Follow O Captain on Twitter: @thebandocaptain  /  https://twitter.com/Thebandocaptain

And like their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/weareocaptain

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