BOAT: Setting the Paces (Magic Marker, 2009)

[PNW POP] BOAT | Listen while drinking a tallboy of Rainier followed by a mug of french press

Three big releases from three of the more popular indie groups (Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, and Animal Collective) have taken up a lot of space in |unintentionally| squeezing out some of the more catchy, chord driven, jump on your bed tunes that have seen releases in 2009. Seattle’s BOAT falls under that such category - their lyrics relate simple tales of hurling down Interstate 5, struggling to find coffee on We Want It! We Want It!, and generally dealing the rainy climate on God Save The Man, Who Isn’t All That Super. BOAT hint at Pavement influences with their slacker ‘tudes, yet a more appropriate comparison aligns them with the likes of The Unicorns. Indeed, BOAT’s (Do The) Magic Centipede comes off as a striking companion to I Was Born (A Unicorn), parenthesis included although, sadly, the drinks to help coax you into singing along are not.

-Rita Rogers


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posted : Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

We Are Local Author || Rita M. Rogers

Rita Rogers grew up on a houseboat in the majestically musical town of Portland, Oregon. She currently resides in Seattle where she is working towards her M.A. of Communication in Digital Media at the University of Washington, pulling espresso, riding the bus, and giving into the umbrella.


Rita’s ‘Beat’: casual observations of living in the PNW with a heavy helping of bourbon and local music, supplemented with that found in between.

Rita tumbles at prettyconnected, tweets, and her listening habits can be found here.

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posted : Sunday, November 8th, 2009