Ill Starred Captain are a quietly legendary two-piece band, hailing originally from the small coastal town of Port Lincoln in South Australia. Since drummer Justin Francis and singer/guitarist Scott Bassham first set out on the road together as ill Starred Captain, their journey has been an amazing one. Their music, which can be loosely called “Folk Punk Surfadelia”, is melodic, powerful, fun and incredibly groovy! The band has very much charted their own course for twenty years, performing all over Australia, as well as several tours overseas, and have recorded a string of great albums along the way. Their live alchemy has to be seen to be believed!
Special guests include Shane Labady, Mark Vincent & Blue Wren from Port Lincoln S.A.
Ill Starred Captain
THE DESERT TIDES TOUR 2022
Presented by Seawitch Music and Corney Music
After a couple of years of uncertainty, one thing that has remained strong and consistent, is the creative work and beating heart of Australian music. With W.A.’s isolation and the states response to COVID 19, allowing its music industry to continue, the live scene has in many ways thrived in hardship, with artists continuing to perform and record original music.
Ill Starred Captain features musicians who are - both, individually and as a collective - front and centre of this cultural drive, and it is together they will take an oceanic drive through the country with specially curated tours throughout W.A. In 2022. As the tides create the winds that blow coastally and inwards through country W.A. the musicians will bring their music to towns stopping in all manner of venues and places to perform.
They bring a touch of being both in the moment and of it, not just playing to communities but engaging with them as they share their thoughts and music in what is a truly shared experience and environment. The journey will be captured in real-time along the way, creating an online community that can be experienced before the musicians hit town and documented for those curious to involve themselves (As well as for the ages, these performances will live on).
THE ARTISTS
ILL STARRED CAPTAIN - Scott Bassham - vocal/guitar & Justin Francis – Drums have toured abroad in Ireland and the U.K. including all over the Australia since 2000. Now celebrating twenty years for their Bottle Green Sky E.P., the band will be releasing a new album “Get Lucid” after two years off with long service leave. As ill-Starred Captain continues their trek through Folk, Punk and Psychedelia their back catalogue is now available on their Seawitch Music label via the following sites.
Ill Starred Captain & Adrian Hoffman - THE DESERT TIDES TOUR 2022
After a couple of years in uncertainty, one thing that has remained strong and consistent, is the creative work and beating heart of Australian music. With W.A.’s isolation and the states response to COVID 19, allowing its music industry to continue, the live scene has in many ways thrived in hardship, with artists continuing to perform and record original music.
Ill Starred Captain and Adrian Hoffmann are musicians who are - both, individually and as a collective - front and center of this cultural drive, and it is together they will take an oceanic drive through the country with specially curated tours throughout W.A. In 2022.
As the tides create the winds that blow coastally and inwards through country W.A. The musicians will bring their music to towns stopping in all manner of venues and places to perform and bring a touch of being both in the moment and of it, not just playing to communities but engaging with them as they share their thoughts and music in what is a truly shared experience and environment.
The journey will be captured in real-time along the way, creating an online community that can be experienced before the musicians hit town and documented for those curious to involve themselves (As well as for the ages, these performances will live on).
THE ARTISTS
ILL STARRED CAPTAIN - Scott Bassham - vocal/guitar & Justin Francis – Drums have toured abroad in Ireland and the U.K. including all over the Australia since early 2000. The band’s new album “Get Lucid” is soon due for release after a couple years long service leave as they continue their trek through Folk, Punk and Psychedelia.
ADRIAN HOFFMANN (FKA Marley Wynn) released two albums with band ‘The Morning Night’ and one under the name “Marley Wynn’, and has been a performer/collaborator with ‘The Triffids’ and Steve Kilbey (The Church). His second solo LP is released in mid 2022, he sees the album as “a collaboration of my many histories.” Origin - Port Lincoln S.A. & Fremantle/Dunsborough W.A. Website -www.marleywynn.com Promo video clipswww.marleywynn.com/videos
The artists come together as colleagues and friends who are thrilled to share their music and sense of community to crowds of all ages. The first shows are in conjunction with Kyzer Presents in Esperance on Saturday 14th at The Pier Hotel from 9pm and Sunday 15th May at Lucky Bay brewery from 3:30 pm. www.illstarredcaptain.com/live-shows.html www.kyzapresents.com