Posts Tagged: The Boats
ACL 2023 ~ Top Ten Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
2023 was an extremely healthy year for post-rock, which takes up half the spots on this year’s list. The surprise is that some of the biggest names in the field didn’t make it, while newcomers crashed the party in their
ACL 2023 ~ Top Ten Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
2023 was an extremely healthy year for post-rock, which takes up half the spots on this year’s list. The surprise is that some of the biggest names in the field didn’t make it, while newcomers crashed the party in their
The Boats ~ 2 Bears
Melbourne post-rockers The Boats do not work fast. Their first album was recorded in 2004 and released in 2007. Their second was recorded in 2006/07 and released in 2015. Their latest was recorded in 2017 and released in 2023 as a celebration
The Boats ~ 2 Bears
Melbourne post-rockers The Boats do not work fast. Their first album was recorded in 2004 and released in 2007. Their second was recorded in 2006/07 and released in 2015. Their latest was recorded in 2017 and released in 2023 as a celebration
The Boats ~ Segundo
Is it possible that one of the best post-rock albums of 2015 will be an album recorded in 2007? The chances are very good, because Segundo is an excellent album, so good that its prior invisibility now seems stunning. I first happened
The Boats ~ Segundo
Is it possible that one of the best post-rock albums of 2015 will be an album recorded in 2007? The chances are very good, because Segundo is an excellent album, so good that its prior invisibility now seems stunning. I first happened
Fieldhead ~ a correction
The first 18 seconds sound like a voyage, or a goodbye. Waves lap; hulls creak; a quiet bird seems to cry. Paul Elam (Fieldhead) recently left the moors of Leeds for the wider expanses of Canada, and a correction is his
Fieldhead ~ a correction
The first 18 seconds sound like a voyage, or a goodbye. Waves lap; hulls creak; a quiet bird seems to cry. Paul Elam (Fieldhead) recently left the moors of Leeds for the wider expanses of Canada, and a correction is his
Various Artists ~ Rivers Home II
Tell me about your river. This is the challenge of the Rivers Home series, ten tiny discs dedicated to the work of ten different artists, each given free reign to present a river – their river – as they see fit. As such, the
Various Artists ~ Rivers Home II
Tell me about your river. This is the challenge of the Rivers Home series, ten tiny discs dedicated to the work of ten different artists, each given free reign to present a river – their river – as they see fit. As such, the
The Boats ~ Ballads of the Research Department
In traditional terms, a ballad is a poem set to music. In modern terms, a ballad is simply a slow song, a love song, or both. Of the four lengthy tracks on Ballads of the Research Department, two contain vocals
The Boats ~ Ballads of the Research Department
In traditional terms, a ballad is a poem set to music. In modern terms, a ballad is simply a slow song, a love song, or both. Of the four lengthy tracks on Ballads of the Research Department, two contain vocals
a closer listen 