Captain Buckles

New Orleans-based, no-nonsense band of sidemen championing good vibes! Funk, rock, blues & soul originals!

October 31st, 2025

Please scroll below for streaming links! It's the last single from our upcoming first full-length album "Hurry Up", releasing November 14th!

Itis, new single out now on all platforms!

Debut Album out!

It's finally out! On all streaming platforms, for purchase, and mail-order cassette tape!

Hurry Up

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Credits:

Smitti Supab - bass, vocals

Alexander Mallet - guitar, background vocals

Rob Davis - keys, vocals

Phil Breen - keys

Ezell EZ Smith Jr. - drums

Produced by Captain Buckles

Recorded at Dockside Studio, with funding help from the Threadhead Cultural Foundation.

Engineered by Justin Tocket

Mixed and mastered by Misha Kachkachishvili

Sound edits done by Jesse Solon and Jake Eckert

Album cover lettering by Pat Supab, art based on photo by Liz Smith

Captain Buckles performing "Raindrops on Mardi Gras", a Rob Davis original tune off of our debut album "Hurry Up", on WWL-TV's Great Day Louisiana!

Captain Buckles Appears on WWL-TV's Great Day Louisiana!

November 11, 2025:

“A crew of A-list New Orleans-based veteran sidemen known as Captain Buckles have recorded Hurry Up, their debut full-length album and it is being released on cassette, digital download and streaming services, November 14. After years of incubating, Captain Buckles has found its own trademark sound steeped in the grooves and funk of New Orleans and the elements that make American music emotionally moving and stylistically unique. The band jams hard while emphasizing musical exploration and dynamic subtlety, showing the inspiration from of icons like The Meters, Allman Brothers, and The Band but utilizing those influences to create a style all their own. The members of Captain Buckles include New Orleans born-and-raised Rob Davis and Ezell Smith Jr., as well as Los Angeles transplant Smitti Supab, Pennsylvanian Phil Breen, who’ve both played professionally in the Crescent City for 13+ years. Florida ex-pat Alex Mallet is the newcomer of the crew having arrived a mere eight years ago.” We get Smitti to discuss new music, influences, and more…"

Link:

https://100percentrock.com/2025/10/a-dirty-dozen-with-smitti-supab-from-captain-buckles-october-2025/

Captain Buckles' Smitti Supab Interviewed on 100Percent Rock Magazine

October 14, 2025:

We are super stoked and immeasurably grateful to be one of the recipients of the Threadhead Cultural Foundation Grant! It is really special to be recognized, received, and trusted by such a wonderful, supportive and active community to produce a full-length album of music that truly represents our hearts and captures the chemistry of our band. An opportunity often only available to signed bands, we're now able to authentically focus on our art and have more means to make it kick as much as possible. All of the sounds and grooves of New Orleans that we've been soaking up in our collective decades-plus experience backing local luminaries have been cooking for some time, and we're excited to season it and serve it up in a fresh and inspiring way, the way only a band's band can! Thank you, Threadheads, for sharing your fire with us. We look forward to continuing to share our fire with y'all and beyond!

To support the Threadheads mission of assisting regional arts & artists check out ⁦www.thcfnola.org⁩ !