Welcome Back Everyone
This is the First Freakverbration Event Since February 2020
Freakverbration is very excited to welcome back London's powerpop finest Tugboat Captain to Ipswich's very own venue The Smokehouse
Born in 2017 as the solo project of London based multi-instrumentalist Alexander
Sokolow, Tugboat Captain have morphed over three albums and a handful of EP's into
an ambitious baroque-pop four piece. Growing from 2017's moody lo-fi debut 'The
Tugboat Captain' through jangly, folk-inflected sophomore record 'Everybody Seems To
Think That I'm A Raincloud', into the murky waters of a 2020 lockdown the band
released their debut studio album, 'Rut'. On Rut the band emerge from the sonic
limitations of homespun bedroom-pop accompanied by a ramshackle orchestra of
friends with a grand, symphonic pop record which loses none of the intimacy of the
previous work that garnered significant critical acclaim across the UK DIY community.
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Debut Studio Album 'Rut' - Out Now on Double A-Side Records
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"A bombastic exploration of what it means to find your place in this world" - Secret Meeting
"a slow-burning piece of DIY guitar pop" - CLASH
"They have transcended to a realm of indie-pop where they make their own rules." - RIOT Mag
"a re-imagination of modern DIY-pop as something gloriously hi-fi" - For The Rabbits
“Each characteristic beautifully thought-out and rich with feeling” - GoldFlakePaint
“Curiously Wonderful” – God Is In The TV
“The DIY pop group have been making waves recently and long may it continue” – Yack Magazine
“Grin-inducing DIY Pop. Having amassed quite an impressive following in the DIY community and yonder, it’s not hard to see that
Tugboat Captain are doing something very engaging” – Fresh On The Net
“There aren’t many acts that can capture the equal sense of hopefulness and melancholy that embodies the desire for modern day
romance quite like Tugboat Captain” – Wax Music
“An unstoppable imaginative force of indie music created on its own terms” – Bitter Sweet Symphonies
Friday 15th October
Doors : Open at 7:30
Entry : £5 On The Door Only
Support From Ipswich's Very Own Belinda Gillett and False Colours
LAST TRAINS BACK
MANNINGTREE/COLCHESTER 23:22
STOWMARKET/NORWICH 23.45