Following his excellent recent singles ‘Dog Daze’ and ‘The Slump’, DIY slouch rock musician Skinner aka Aaron Corcoran is back with another ill postured earworm. ‘Commander Trainwreck’.
“It all started when I was let go from my shitty office job that I hated. At the time I thought “this is great, I’ll just take some time off and spend it writing loads of music then I’ll get a new job”, but it didn’t really work out that way. I ended up sitting around the house all day in my underwear watching stupid YouTube videos and becoming really depressed,” explains Skinner says of his Commander Trainwreck origin story.
“Time is a funny thing, when you have it you waste it and when you don’t, you feel like you’re wasting it. I didn’t know what I was doing with my life. I was sleeping for 16+ hours a day and not seeing anyone to the point where my dreams felt more real than my reality. I think everyone around me just thought I was becoming this huge waster but the truth was that I was dealing with some complicated stuff and I needed that space to figure it out. So I invented the character of “Commander Trainwreck” as a way of embracing my situation. I wanted other people to know that it’s okay to fuck up and if you need some time, then you need some time. I think everyone needs to be Commander Trainwreck at some point in their lives.”
You can catch Captain Trainwreck’s alter ego Skinner live on October 7th in Workman’s Main Room as part of Ireland Music Week.