NEWS
NEW SINGLE "SOPORIFIC" ON MYSPACE NOW! AVAILABLE FROM ITUNES FRIDAY FEB 19TH! REQUEST IT ON TRIPLE J!
10 FEBRUARY 2010
The Boat People's new single "Soporific" can be heard on the band's myspace page as of today!
http://www.myspace.com/theboatpeople
The song will be available to purchase on iTunes from Friday 19th Feb.
Please help the band by requesting the song on Australian radio station Triple J by using this link:
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/requests/
NEW SINGLE "SOPORIFIC" OUT SOON!
03 FEBRUARY 2010
The Boat People are proud to announce their new single "Soporific" from their forthcoming 3rd album!
New dates are in the gigs section. More dates coming soon!
2010 THE YEAR THAT WAS
02 JANUARY 2010
Thank You for an Amazing 2010! US ITUNES FEATURE, SXSW 2011
Hi all,
Since it's the second last day of the year and all we thought it would be a good time to say thank you for all your support over the year and let you know what we've got coming up.
July of this year we released our third album 'Dear Darkly' and we've been thrilled with the response to it and the singles Echo Stick Guitars, Soporific and Damn Defensive. Thank to all the people who pre-ordered a copy direct from the website, especially the first ten people who also got to request a cover song from us - things have been pretty crazy with touring but we assure you the 8 that remain to be covered are still very much on the to do list (even 'Battery').
USA ITUNES FEATURE and BEST OF LISTS
It's been nice to see Dear Darkly pop up on some end of year lists too. Notably US iTunes, who put Dear Darkly on their 2010 best of Indie list and included 'Under the Ocean on a 20 track indie spotlight compilation along with Arcade Fire, Yeasayer, Wavves, Surfer Blood, Local Natives, Beach House, Deerhunter, Two Door Cinema Club, Junip (feat. Jose Gonzalez) and fellow 'Strines, Tame Impala.
If you live in the USA you can get Dear Darkly from iTunes for only $7.99 until January 1, 2011 as part of their feature.
Or you can still get a physical copy anywhere in the world directly from our website at www.theboatpeople.com.au/deardarkly
Closer to home it was great to see DD pop up on Mess and Noise's top 50 Australian albums with Triple J Home and Hosed presenter Dom Allessio adding in his review "Dear Darkly' should be lauded for its adventurous spirit, intelligent arrangements, but most of all, for being a sublime, idiosyncratic pop record.” ". Triple J Breakfast host Alex Dyson also included it in his top 10 for the year.
TRIPLE J HOTTEST 100
If you agree with what's been said about Dear Darkly then please cast a vote for Damn Defensive in the Triple J Hottest 100 - making the list would be a great way to kick off the new year!
Vote Now!
2010 LIVE SHOUT OUTS
Shout outs also to all those we shared a stage with in 2010 including Crowded House (!), Red Riders, Jewel and the Falcon, Machine Translations, Hungry Kids of Hungry, The Bedroom Philosopher, Skinny Jean, Kate Miller Heidke, Dan Parsons, Dappled Cities, Crayon Fields, Little Lovers, Ball Park Music, Blame Ringo, Dead Letter Chorus, The Medics and too many more to mention...
2011 - SXSW and USA TOUR
On the live front in 2011 we'll be giving Dear Darkly its USA debut with shows at SXSW and a USA tour. More details soon!
2011 - HOBART - ONE FINE DAY FESTIVAL
This will be our first show for 2011!
Republic Bar
Doors 2pm (finish 2am)
$20 pre-sale (from www.republicbar.com)
$25 door (if not sold out)
w/ Oh Mercy, The Little Stevies, Gossling,
Ben Wells & The Middle Names, New Saxons,
Acumen, Adam Cousens Band, The Ray Guns, The
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THANKS AGAIN FOR A GREAT YEAR AND SEE YOU IN 2010!
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NEW SINGLE "ECHO STICK GUITARS" OUT OCT. 16TH!
12 OCTOBER 2009
The Boat People's new single "Echo Stick Guitars" is out Friday October 16th 2009. The single sees The Boaties head in a very different direction to previous album "Chandeliers" and the band is very excited about the forthcoming album from which "Echo Stick Guitars" is taken.
You can help the band by requesting "Echo Stick Guitars" on Australian radio station Triple J, who have been giving the song some spins!
It takes less than 2 minutes and is dead easy!
Just click on this link and away you go: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/requests/
THE BOAT PEOPLE TO TOUR WITH THE BASICS IN JULY '09! PLUS, THE BOAT PEOPLE NOW ON TWITTER! HTTP://TWITTER.COM/JAMEZBOAT
13 MAY 2009
The Boat People are very happy to announce a tour supporting one of Australia's best indie-pop bands, Melbourne's The Basics. Check the gig section for all the dates, plus more to be announced soon!
The Boat People are now Twitter! http://twitter.com/jamezboat
Follow Jamezboat for all Boaties related tour updates, giveaways and more!
