Five unshaved, but otherwise very clean young men from the Belgian Campine proudly present their new single. “Hotel Room” is the second single off their upcoming sophomore album “The Drovers Inn”.
“Hotel Room” is about how a hobby has evolved into a confusing hotchpot where the thin line between having fun and being pressured is slowly fading away. “Don’t push, I’m healing myself”.
The track covers a very recognizable theme in today’s society where high expectations are all around us, even in our leisure time.
Captain Kaiser made their debut in 2018 with full album “Dog Days On Deck”, which coursed through the Belgian punk scene’s veins in no time.
The Belgian fivesome found their inspiration for the new album in the Scottish pub “The Drovers Inn”, which therefore now is the record’s namesake.
Produced by Thomas Valkiers: guitarist of Crackups, producer for Equal Idiots, Tin Fingers and Psycho 44.
‘The Drovers Inn’ will be released by Bearded Punk Records (BE / EU) and White Russian Records (NL)
I must admit that I have never thoroughly listened to The Lawrence Arms. I remember they played Punk Rock Holiday in 2018. but I somehow missed their show due to drink or two that being last day of the festival on Friday as I recall.
For those that don˙t know, The Lawrence Arms are coming from Chicago and are playing excellent melodic punkrock with drive, energy, emotion and conviction. This record melted my face off, broke my heart, made me jumping with joy and delivered catharsis at the same time. Mixture of melodic singing, more harsh melodic screaming and fast punkrock, beautiful choruses and superb melodies made this record one of the best that came out this shitty festival free and gig free year. God damn, I miss gigs and hanging out at gigs singing along to my favorite bands. This record is outstanding with songs like Quiet Storm, Dead Man˙s Coat, Ghostwriter being my favorites on this record, but rest of the material is also fantastic.