On Capricorn Sun, the esteemed Larry Wish presents a hyper-orchestral set of pomps, circumstances, and uncanny bizarro quasi-classical music. Channeling a character, Composerhead, Wish enters the harbor with a lordly gait, amalgamating digital music production with all the bells and whistles of naval themes, operatic swagger, and magisterial elegance. Though Capricorn Sun eschews the elegance of such providence proceedings as everything feels warbled by the waves; swells of plasticine synthesizers, cartoony candy sound design, tattering snare drum raps, and gurgly string sections paint the bay in vivid and unnatural hues. Decidedly maritime, and so grandiose in a sort of tongue-and-cheek way, this album showcases Larry Wish as Composerhead performing a riotous, absurd, and also delightful collection of new music for fans of the briny beyond. ~ Matthew Sage
released September 1, 2023
❀ For Dietrich Sieling, a tall gentleman ❀
❁ Recorded January 2022 - March 2023 by Adam Wish-Werven.
❁ Mastered by Angel Marcloid at Angel Hair Audio (
angelhairaudio.com).
❁ Album art/layout by Seth Graham.
❁ “Somehow, a Clown is Born (Outside My Window Lol)” is based on an arrangement of “Send In the Clowns” by Stephen Sondheim.
❁ “Life is but a Dreen” is an arrangement of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” by Eliphalet Oram Lyte.
❁ “Eternal Father, Strong to Save” was written by William Whiting.
❁ Saxophone on “This Little Boat of Mine, I'm Going to Let It Be in the Yard” by Ivan Cunningham.
❁ Grunt on “This Little Boat of Mine, I'm Going to Let It Be in the Yard” by Ash Landecker.