You may know Marcus Whale as one third of the hyper kinetic Black Vanilla. He may be familiar to you from his work in pretend-boy-band Collarbones and Scissor Lock projects.He may just be that naked guy sitting at the end of your sofa wearing nothing but a plastic bag.Whale’s latest jam/joint is “My Captain”, a brooding solo electronic piece that builds with industrial beats and tension.Taken from his debut solo album Inland Sea, co-produced by Nigel Yang of HTRK, the track is based on the legend of Captain Moonlite and James Nesbitt, criminals and lovers in the primitive 19th Century colony of Victoria.Bushranger Andrew George Scott better known as Captain Moonlite was gay. Imprisoned for bank robbery, he was released in 1879 and rejoined James Nesbitt, who he had met in prison and who many consider was his lover because of surviving letters by Scott professing love for Nesbitt.Scott was hanged in 1880 after a shootout with police. His dying wish was be buried alongside Nesbitt.
'Inland Sea' will be released in May through Good Manners records.