Tugboat Captain

Folklore Sessions Presents;
Tugboat Captain + Support
£10adv | 18+
The Folklore Rooms
June 27th 2025

David Byrne famously said, “home, that’s where I want to be”. This is a sentiment shared by London-based purveyors of Baroque indie-pop, Tugboat Captain. Their new album, ‘Dog Tale’ is a record built around the multidimensional idea of home. On the one hand it finds chief lyricist, Sox, musing on the ephemeral nature of living in London in ones mid-late twenties, and on the other, it’s an album that was written and recorded in the band’s spiritual home and recording studio, Ctrl P , which Sox and bassist Joshua Cobb run together.

Over the last few years Tugboat Captain have become one of the most unique propositions in London’s music scene, having built themselves up from humble beginnings back in 2017. “It started as a solo project,” Sox explains. “Josh and I had played in bands together, and we were living together at the time, so I recruited him, my sister and some of my friends to play on this very lo-fi record I made, simply called ‘The Tugboat Captain’. After that we decided to put together some shows, and that's when it started to form as a proper band. The only remaining members from that period of time are me and Josh, right from that very first run of shows.”

"the band's gentle ennui seems perfect"
- CLASH

"They have transcended to a realm of indie-pop where they make their own rules."
- RIOT Mag

"a re-imagination of modern DIY-pop as something gloriously hi-fi"
- For The Rabbits

“Each characteristic beautifully thought-out and rich with feeling”
- GoldFlakePaint

“Curiously Wonderful”
– God Is In The TV