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MAGIC MARKER RECORDS PO Box 9342 Portland, OR 97207 | |
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I was recently asked to write about my favorite band,
BOAT. I will keep it short or at least try. Their
sound is indeed unique and because of that I have
coined the phrase sloppy pop to describe their sound.
From here on out please credit me H. Fozzelberry with
the invention/coinage of this new genre of pop music.
From what I understand, BOAT began as a basement dream
of one D. Crane when he moved back to Seattle from a
miserable stint in Chicago. Initially armed with good
friends/cheap guitars/cheap microphones/a half broken
Wurlitzer/a squeaky drumset/a few
melodicas/pizza/burritos/fragile egos/and diet soda.
It has since blossomed into a reality of good
friends/a brother in law/better guitars/more cheap
microphones/calzone and pizza/burritos/a half fixed
Wurlitzer/a half broken theremin/a non squeaking
drumset/still relatively fragile egos/a few cheap
keyboards/and ridiculous amounts of diet soda and hand
claps.
This dream began taking shape with the release of a
handmade album and EP "Life is a Shipwreck," and
"After All." After several trips to the Paper Zone
and Kinkos the band found themselves selling out of
their homemade hand crafted albums and EPs as they
began playing shows from Vancouver to San Francisco.
Be it a house show or a biker bar the band is known
for never playing the same show twice and never
leaving the stage without sweat soaked shirts.
BOAT's current lineup is the epitome of sloppy/poppy
three piece rock. It features J. Goodman playing
maniacal drum fills/tasteful tambourines/shakers and
bells/and keyboards/all this while shouting backup
vocals and la las/M. McKenzie playing McCarteney-esque
bass and guitar as well as having the most silky
smooth backup vocals in all of music/ and D. Crane
playing guitars and keyboards and shouting and singing
lyrics about lanterns, rainbow shoelaces, his hatred
of Chicago, and ninjas. The touring lineup of BOAT
features Ian Bone of Sacramento, CA as the utility
man.
They have put together a 17 song collection of their
finest recorded moments entitled "Songs That You Might
Not Like." The album features newly recorded versions
of songs from their first two homemade releases as
well as several new unreleased songs.
Recorded in basements/living rooms and one very
structurally questionable warehouse in Seattle, "Songs That You Might Not Like" has something for everyone.
It has clapping/snapping/whistling/guitar
solos/saxophone sounding accordians/bleeping
keyboards/distorted piano/oohs/la
la's/shouting/singing/even some broken theremin
sounds. These songs are guaranteed to get stuck in
your head and make you feel cooler than you really
are.
H. Fozzelberry
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"(I'm A) Donkey for Your Love" [MP3] |
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MMR-046 Topps 7" EP 1. Topps 2. Four Beds for BOAT 3. Bee Buzz 4. The With Confidence Anthem (bonus digital download) The purchase comes with a digital download of the single. |
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CD $10.00
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MMR-040 Let's Drag Our Feet 1. Come with Me We'll Win 2. (I'm A) Donkey for Your Love 3. Period, Backslash, Colon 4. Illustrate the History -when i grow up- 5. The Whistle Test 6. Make Way for the Genius to Appear 7. The Ferocious Sounds of Lobsters and Snakes -mom,dad, me, and you- 8. I Really, Really Think You Should Rethink Your Life 9. Base the Money on the Children -kind new shrink- 10. 200 Days, 59 Ways 11. A Phone That Rings for Free 12. Let's Drag Our Feet! 13. Gold Veins -this one hotel- 14. Cats on the F.M. |
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CD $10.00
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MMR-035 Songs That You Might Not Like 1.Greasedip Hairclip 2.Clogged Castle 3.Last Cans of Paint 4.Trained By Trains 5.Free the Birds In the Stall 6.Beast For Hire 7.Elephant Ears 8.March In the Streets! 9.The Bar Is Too Low To Fail 10.Holding All the Globes 11.I've Got Ninjas 12.Quickly and Quietly 13.Lanterns and Laughing Ladies 14.Noun Crown 15.Remember the Romans 16.Return of the Rainbow Shoelace 17.Songs That You Might Not Like |
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