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Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly is the stage name of English artist Sam Duckworth and his band. He is sometimes referred to as Get Cape, Cape, GCWCF, Slam Dunkworth, and "Charlie Khoo".[2]. According to Duckworth, his stage name comes from a ZX Spectrum magazine. One of the sections of the solution to the Batman computer game contained the header "Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly".[3]
Music career
Duckworth grew up in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, and has supported bands such as The Flaming Lips, The Magic Numbers, OK Go, Funeral for a Friend, The Kooks and Feeder. Duckworth was signed to Atlantic Records in March 2006, after playing many gigs, both with punk rock band Silverskin and as GCWCF. GCWCF is currently recording a third album for Atlantic Records UK[citation needed].
As of September 2005[update], Sam has been managed by Paul Bonham of Truck Records.
The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager
Get Cape's debut album, The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager, has been described as an indie/emo fusion. The album was very well received by critics and even made the top 100 albums of 2006 lists of Q and NME.
In October 2006, he performed as part of the BBC Electric Proms.[4] He played at a number of major festivals in 2007, including Oxegen, Glastonbury,[5], Reading and Leeds Festivals and SXSW.
In January 2007, Duckworth was nominated for best solo artist at the annual NME Awards, up against Lily Allen, Jamie T, Jarvis Cocker and Thom Yorke, although he did not win.
Searching for the Hows and Whys
Get Cape's second album, Searching for the Hows and Whys was released on 10 March 2008.[6] It features guest vocals from Kate Nash on the track, "Better Things" but [7] The album also features Billy Bragg on "Interlude".[8] "Waiting for the Monster to Drown" was released as a free download via Get Cape's official website and MySpace on 7 December 2007. The first single released from the album was "Find The Time" which was released on 3 March 2008, and reached number 33 on the UK Top 40 Chart.
On 24 March 2008, he performed on Hollyoaks as part of a gig staged in the village.
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Have also had an episode of american TV show One Tree Hill named after them. Every episode of the show has a title with a musical theme, either a song title or band name. Episode 3 of season 6 of One Tree Hill is titled Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.
Personal life
Duckworth is well known for his debating and love for a variety of different musical styles. He has had run-ins with the British National Party after a racist attack in a nightclub which lead to the song Glasshouses, and he has since become an avid supporter of Love Music Hate Racism.[9] He is also a Fairtrade supporter.[10].
Discography
Albums
- The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager (Atlantic Records, 2006) (#26 UK)
- Searching for the Hows and Whys (Atlantic Records, 2008) (#30 UK)
EPs
- Split with The Remarkable Rocket (3" CD, BSM Records, 2004)
- Split with Dave House (10" EP, BSM Records/Gravity DIP, 2006)
- Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly (EP) (BSM Records, 2006)
- Covers EP (Pure Groove, 2009)
Singles
- "I-Spy"/"Call Me Ishmael" (Atlantic Records, 2006)
- "The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager (Part One)" (Atlantic Records, 2006) (#38 UK)
- "War of the Worlds" (Atlantic Records, 2006) (#39 UK)
- "I Spy" (Atlantic Records, March 2007) (#37 UK)
- "Waiting for the Monster to Drown" (Atlantic Records, December 2007)
- "Find the Time" (Atlantic Records, March 2008) (#33 UK)
- "Keep Singing Out" (Atlantic Records, 19 May 2008)
Demos
- Demo 1 (2-track demo, self-released, 2004)
Music videos
| Date | Song | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Whitewash is Brainwash" | Thom Day | |
| 2006-jun | "Call Me Ishmael " | Ben & Greg (Ben Jones & Greg Fay) |
| 2006-jun | "I-Spy" | |
| 2006-aug | "The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager (Part One)" | |
| 2006-oct | "War of the Worlds" | Sam Brown |
| 2008-jan | "Find the Time" | OneInThree (Bugsy Riverbank Steel & Ross Elliot Cooper) |
| 2008-apr | "Keep Singing Out" | ? |
"I Spy" is somewhat a spoof of a British Saturday morning kids show. Where Duckworth is introduced by a creature that looks like one of the Fimbles and so continues to play on a seat surrounded by kids and various other characters like a stereotypical popstar.
"Call Me Ishmael" depicts an "escape" from everyday work, showing different people from different careers entering an underground tunnel network, along with Duckworth. At the end of the video, Duckworth emerges in a Job Centre, and is promptly asked by an employee to "Take a Number and a seat, please"; an anti-climax to the up-beat feeling of the rest of the song.
"Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager, Part One" (Chronicles for short) depicts Sam Duckworth with other band members playing in a casual environment, inside of a house — wherein it is later revealed that a number of red strings lead into. The bulk of the video consists of various people from different walks of life following one of these strings into the house. At this point, the crescendo of the song kicks in, and a more gig/party like atmosphere is assumed. The video ends by depicting the "morning after" with many people asleep, and Sam Duckworth still playing into a phone, quietly, next to a huge ball of red string.
"War of the Worlds" shows Duckworth in a warehouse sitting singing the song whilst workers busy themselves setting up poles in which their function are not known until the climax of the song, at which point they explode around Duckworth and spew out various colours of paint.
Other contributors
Although not a band in the conventional sense, musicians who perform live with GCWCF are:
Mike Glenister - Cornet
Andy Theakstone - Drums
Gavin Fitzjohn - Trumpet, Sax, Vests
Jamie Allen - Bass Guitar
Tom Pinder - Trombone
Mark Hall -Casting Crowns
References
- ^ ASCAP: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- ^ BBC - T in the Park 2008 - Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
- ^ "Get Cape Wear Cape Fly Profile". Guardian Unlimited. Guardian News and Media Limited.
- ^ BBC - Electric Proms - Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
- ^ BBC - Glastonbury 2007 - Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
- ^ 101CD.com: Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly / Searching For The Hows And Whys - Indie & Punk CDs - Free Delivery
- ^ GIGWISE, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - 'Searching For The Hows And Whys' (Atlantic) Released 03/03/07
- ^ Get Cape,Wear Cape. Fly - Searching For the Hows and Whys - Music-News.com
- ^ Guttridge-Hewitt, Martin (2008) "Interview: Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly", Click Music
- ^ Oxfam campaign with Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Oxfam, April 2007.