Saturday 13 May 2023

Please Inform The Captain This Is A Hijack

Please Inform The Captain This Is A Hijack were a six-piece post-hardcore band from California that were active from 2000 to 2003 (approximately, there's very little info on this band out there). They released a self-titled EP during their time together and posthumous LP a few years later. The most notable member of this band was Sarah Kirsch, who was active in a ton of other bands throughout the 90's including Fuel, Navio Forge, John Henry West, Bread And Circuits,  Pinhead Gunpowder, Torches To Rome, and many more. Though this project does take a lot of its cues from Dischord acts as the aforementioned also do, Please Inform The Captain This Is A Hijack really stands on its own. It's overtly political in its lyricism, and instrumentally its angular, aggressive, melodic, and experimental. The LP in particular makes heavy use of samples from various sources, making for this expansive, almost outlandish listen, not unlike The Shape Of Punk To Come. Going off that, I also wouldn't be surprised if this band also took heavy influence from Nation Of Ulysses. Highly recommended (particularly the EP), enjoy.

1. Your Good Thing Is About To End
2. Apocalypse Theme Park
3. Postcards From The Future
4. Robot Rampage In Luxury World
5. Ice Monkey
6. Transnational Vampire Killers

1. We Train These Robots
2. The Ants Will Eat Rome
3. The Molotov Cocktail Hour
4. Angry Sleepers (pt. 1)
5. Sooner Than You Think
6. Karma Collection Day
7. Waiting For The Snow
8. Defeat The Humiliate The United States Of America
9. In The Service Of The Capital
10. The Days Move Along With The Regularity
11. The Asymmetric Enemy
12. A Completely New Weapon
13. Party While You Can M.F.er
14. Who Are These Guys?

5 comments:

  1. The first record is one of my all time fave records. Rip Sarah. So many incredible records.

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  2. Could you upload every time I die?

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  3. Such a great band - all of Kirsch's stuff was just top-notch; the best of "personal political" HC.

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  4. I found their s/t at a random local record store, was very surprising. One of my most prized albums for sure.

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  5. Incredible band, RIP sarah

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