The Scintillating Strings and Uplifting Introspection of Captain Kudzu’s “Drag On” Evoke the Complexities of Heartbreak

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Perhaps Earth Libraries is reissuing Captain Kudzu’s 2018 Arboretum or just the single “Drag On” by the Birmingham, Alabama based indie rock band. The song has a gentleness of spirit in its psychedelic flavors and the intricacy of its soundscapes in the bell tones and arpeggiated strings that lend an air of dreamlike introspection as the song wends toward a bright, uplifting passage to give an emotional palette cleanse in a song seemingly about a conflicted reconciliation that may or may not take because the conversation has already happened time and again with the same results. But in the song’s uptempo and ascending structure there is a hint that even if it doesn’t work out in the usual ways maybe there has been an internal shift that has moved beyond any hurt feelings in a meaningful sense. Listen to “Drag On” on Spotify and follow Captain Kudzu at the links provided.

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Captain Kudzu’s “Months” is a Dark, Winding, Trippy, Self-Accounting Psychedelic Pop Song

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There’s a bit of Nicolas Winding Refn style in Captain Kudzu’s video for “Months.” The vivid colors and seemingly stream-of-consciousness-yet-focused pacing join the meditative percussion and bass in anchoring the drift-y melody and languid guitar work even when it blossoms in distorted vortexes in the moment when the guitar head stock seems to puncture reality itself. The vocals sound borderline affectless but it suits the dreamlike quality of the song and its progression into a deconstructed ending with a sound like melting film projected on the big screen as the center, the through line, running throughout the song. An unusual downtempo psychedelic pop in sound and structure seemingly about not making excuses for the self-created chaos in your life because it eventually catches up to you whether you’re prepared or not. Watch the video below and follow Captain Kudzu at the pinks provided.

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