BOATS

There’s one thing consistent about the three full-length releases from Mat Klachefsky’s Boats project - that the discs sound big, lush and hyper produced in all the right ways thanks to Ryan McVeigh’s production, the mixing of Dave Carswell (New Pornographers) and the mastering of Noah Mintz (Broken Social Scene). Peppered with Klachefsky’s Superchunk on helium vocals, poppy guitars, a horn section and keyboardist Ashley Roch’s subtle melodies, Fairway takes its listener on another absurd trip involving video game sandwich parties (Animated GIFs) and laid back Sunday jams (Advice on Bears). The biggest pair of tunes has to be Sad Legs and O Telescope, which blur together to create a medley Dave Fridmann would be proud of. If Boats ever wants to become They Might Be Giants and put out a kids album, this writer is certain it would be a success.

Published in Volume 67, Number 16 of The Uniter (January 16, 2013)

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