Biography
"The Arcade Fire minus the drama. An album that sparkles and shines with every single song, and it is all fun without corny and majestic without being melodramatic. My favourite unsung record this past year." -- Dave Ullrich, Zunior.com
Boats play music songs in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada with lyrics about dismemberment (the good kind), excellent posture, and orthodontic surgery. A junky indie-pop band with high-end hopes but low-end equipment (total net worth of keyboard section: $40, all thrift store finds), Mat Klachefsky’s bizarre vocal chords mixed with his “infectiously catchy” pop songs and boundless energy have been freaking out audiences ever since they released their critically acclaimed first album "Intercontinental Champion" to local audiences in October 2007. Since then they have embarked on four Canadian tours, played a packed houses at SXSW, NXNE, Pop Montreal, WCMA's and Sled Island, and charted solidly all across Canada. Boats is currently recording their 2nd full length album "Cannonballs, Cannonballs."
Over the years there has been a rotating cast of Winnipeg musicians who have played in Boats, but the current version has a pack of Winnipeg all-stars surrounding singer-songwriter Mat Klachefsky. These can include, but are not limited to, members of The Western States, The Paperbacks, Half Court Prayer, The Details, The Paperbacks, Oldfolks Home, and Transistor Sound & Lighting Co.
#1 on campus radio in Winnipeg (CKUW & UMFM), Edmonton, and Kingston
#1 Independant CD on Earshot for 2007 (#62 overall)
Peaked at #15 nationally on Earshot
#9 on CBC Radio 3
Itunes Canada Staff Pick March, 2008
Voted the #2 best local album of 2007 by the Uptown Magazine reader's poll!
Voted the #3 best new local band of 2007 by the Uptown Magazine reader's poll!
Boats recorded their first full length, "Intercontinental Champion," at Mid-Ocean Studios in Winnipeg.
www.myspace.com/boatthemusicband
Instrumentation
Mat Klachefsky - Guitar, Lead Vocals
His Friends/Pedals - Everything Else
Discography
"Intercontinental Champion" -- released in Oct 23, 2007 (Canada release)
Tracks are available on myspace (www.myspace.com/boatthemusicband), and New Music Canada
Currently recording their 2nd album, "Cannonballs, Cannonballs" at Prairie Recording Studio with Ryan McVeigh (Hot Panda) and muxed by Cam Leoppky and Shawn Dealey (The Weakerthans).
Links
| http://www.myspace.com/boatthemusicband |