Captain Fathom

Formed in the early '90s and based in the small northern Washington town of Anacortes, Captain Fathom is an indie jam band with a better sense of variety, wit, and dynamics than most such outfits. Their debut CD, 1997's Dischordpatheos, has the expected long, fluid, elliptical tracks, with silvery interwoven guitar lines and occasional embellishment from horns and spoken voices. One of Captain Fathom's members, Karl Blau, has put out an interesting CD of eclectic four-track indie lo-fi pop that's not too similar to what he plays with Captain Fathom. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide