Dress Like Your Idols
BOAT have always been your lo-fi, slightly
screwy cousin. They make deliciously fun pop songs with a wacky,
off kilter bent. They're kind of unclassifiable (and ungoogleable)
in their approach, throwing the indie rock hipster kitchen sink
at their music, taking themselves not so seriously, but making
subversively good music in the process. Kind of a more lo-fi,
folksy Why?. But pretty awesome. On this
album you can see where their influences lie right on their
album cover, with everyone from Built
to Spill to Matthew Sweet
and most definitely Pavement. I
don't quite get the Pearl Jam or
Ramones thing, but whatever. Right
off the bat it's clear that they upped the recording quality
on this one, with a much fuller, grander sound. It's actually
a little confusing at first, this higher fidelity. But once
I got used to it, it's clear that their urge to be a pop band
is being fulfilled with hand claps and driving beats and actual
guitar lines and a sense of taking themselves more seriously.
It's kind of a Nada Surf-like transformation,
but not quite as dramatic. This album is certainly a grower
bound for repeat plays, but at times I miss the humility and
humble goofiness of their last album. I guess all of us have
to grow up someday. |
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