Hail The Sound (2024, Reissue)
Boat (Which is usually in all caps, but not always so I tend to use the caps in the post title but not when writing in the body of the post because it looks a little odd) have been one of those bands that talking up the mantle of Pavement style, quirky indie rock in the 2000s. I first discovered them via 2010's Dress Like Your Idols and have religiously purchased every other record of theirs I could get my hands on, new releases and vinyl reissues of CD only albums.
The lone proper full length that hadn't made it to vinyl was 2007's Let's Drag Our Feet. I had been waiting patiently for this reissue and I'm glad that my faith wasn't misplaced. A hole in a collection is an annoying this, particularly when there isn't a way to fill it. Hail The Sound has stepped up to the plate for the third time, having also released the vinyl versions of Songs That You Might Not Like and the early songs compilation 50 Sweaty BOAT Fans Can't Be Wrong.
The record itself is great. I have loved everything I've ever heard from Boat. I'm an absolute sucker for 90s indie rock, particularly indie rock of the quirky variety. Boat brings the quirk in spades, but they never sacrifice the pop song that's the foundation of things. You can listen to the record and just enjoy it as a collection of songs, but you are also rewarded for multiple listens that peel back layers and bring to light interesting chord progressions, breaks and hooks.
I'm really thrilled to have this on vinyl finally. There were two early CDr albums that Boat released early in their career, Life Is A Shipwreck, We Must Remember To Sing In The Life Boats and After All. A chunk of the songs from those two releases made up the bulk of 50 Sweaty BOAT Fans Can't Be Wrong, but there's a bunch of songs still left over. While I personally would have preferred straight vinyl releases of those two CDs, I'm at least hopeful the rest of the songs will be on a Volume 2 version of that comp. Oh, and a new record would be great too, it's been a few years now since the last one.
BOAT - Let's Drag Our Feet:
https://boat.bandcamp.com/album/lets-drag-our-feet
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