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The Boat People ("Chandeliers" OUT NOW!)
Indie / Pop / Pop

"New album Chandeliers out NOW!"

Brisbane, Queensland
Australia

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   The Boat People ("Chandeliers" OUT NOW!): General Info
Member Since7/12/2005
Band Websitetheboaties.com
Band MembersJames O’Brien (vox/bass)
Robin Waters (vox/keys)
Charles Dugan (vox/guitar)
Tony Garrett (drums)
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Unsettle My Heart - Taken from the debut album yesyesyesyesyes. made by www.ostrichrepublic.tv

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One from the vault! An interview Charles and James did with On the Couch in late 2006. Note Charles' very very short hair...

Type of LabelIndie





   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Aug 14 2008 8:00P
Transit Bar (Canberra) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Aug 15 2008 8:00P
Chilli Lounge (Wyong, Central Coast N.S.W.) Wyong, Central Coast, New South Wales
Aug 16 2008 8:00P
Spectrum (Sydney) Sydney, New South Wales
Aug 17 2008 8:00P
Brass Monkey (Cronulla, N.S.W.) Cronulla, New South Wales
Aug 21 2008 8:00P
Bon Amici (Toowoomba, Qld) Toowoomba, Queensland
Aug 22 2008 8:00P
The Zoo (Brisbane) Brisbane, Queensland
Aug 23 2008 8:00P
Cooloongatta Hotel with Hoodoo Gurus, Children Collide Cooloongatta, Queensland
Aug 30 2008 8:00P
East Brunswick Club (Melbourne) Melbourne, Victoria

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Watch The Boat People's new video for Awkward Orchid Orchard - the first single from the new album Chandeliers. You can even download a FREE MP3. How many band names can you find?There are AT LEAST 52 names of other bands hidden as clues in this clip. Bands you love, bands you hate, bands that you kinda think are OK. How many can you find?






The Boat People have just been added to The 2008 Great Escape Festival Lineup (Brighton UK, 15th 16th and 17th of May). They join a line up that so far includes Vampire Weekend, Iron and Wine, The Wombats, The Young Knives, Crystal Castles, Cut off Your Hands, Kelly Stoltz, Ladyhawke, Operator Please, Saul Williams, The Black Lips, The Hold Steady, We Are Wolves Okkervil River to name a handful.


They'll also swing by London for a Club Fandango show @ Dublin Castle in Cambden (more shows to be announced). The Boat People's as-yet untitled second album will be ready just in time with mixing due to wrap up mid-April.


The band are also pleased to announce that they have signed a publishing deal with Ivy League Music (The Vines, Youth Group, Josh Pyke, Red Riders, Sparkadia and well, most of our favorite Australian bands) in what promises to be the beginning of a beautiful freak out in a moon-age daydream oh yeah!


In other news, The Boat People's "Unsettle My Heart" of yesyesyesyesyes will feature on CMJs Music Monthly Magazine/CD in March. All you North Americans go pick up a copy or alternatively tune into KCRWs Mornings Become Ecclectic, where Nic Harcourt has been spinning it. Has spun. um...

New Album update Armed with a bunch of cracking news songs and the subtle genius of producer J.Walker (Machine Translations), The Boat People roll up their sleeves to begin recording their highly anticipated sophomore album. With a clutch of 25 formidable songs whittled down to a sterling field of 14, the lads now begin playing to tape in the shadow of the picturesque Byron Bay lighthouse - using the desk that Midnight Oil recorded on. They then decamp to Walker's secret hideout (an old general-store/bakery in the Victorian Bushland just outside Melbourne) to finish the job. You'll have to wait till '08 to hear the record but but you can catch a live preview with a handfull of shows just announced for the lead up to Christmas in Brisbane and Melbourne.

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Management Rick Chazan Phone: 07 3870 5533 Email: ideasm@bigpond.net.au

 


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Jul 24 2008 5:16 AM

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THE CHANNELERS





Jul 23 2008 6:56 AM

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miss molly





Jul 22 2008 11:43 PM

i got chandeliers for my birthday
its amazing
:D
thanks for making brissie music even better!
sabi.





Jul 21 2008 7:13 AM

Thanks. :) If you come to Perth i'll draw you guys one. :D

-sabi
The Traveling So & So’s





Jul 21 2008 6:56 AM

Fancy a night of deliciously free evening grooves this Friday?

Doors at 8pm, @ Tongue & Groove, West End :)

Arbitrage Records





Jul 20 2008 11:18 PM

sabi.





Jul 20 2008 4:44 AM

I bought Chandeliers today!!

It's quite awesome! Good work, now come play in Perth?

:)

-sabi
Mitchell (NEW LAYOUT COMING SOON)





Jul 18 2008 12:10 AM

:D
Applewood





Jul 17 2008 6:20 PM

Thank you for reminding me about chocky.

tyleax
The Lost Keys





Jul 17 2008 3:55 AM

I purchased it a few weeks ago!
and im really liking it! :)

good work! :D

Tom
TLK
Lady Luck





Jul 16 2008 10:46 PM

you guys are now on my top friends.
congratulations for kicking ben lee's ass.
:]
love!
FiFi





Jul 16 2008 5:41 AM

Heh.. I worship it.

NICELY DONE!
FiFi





Jul 16 2008 3:52 AM

I don't care if I never make top friends again.. Being privileged enough to hear your brilliant music is enough for me. Congratulations on the album lads.
Lady Luck





Jul 15 2008 10:29 PM

hey boaties.
whats up, other than the new record. because you've told me that 100 times already!

joiking joking
lovelovelove
Cameron Elliott





Jul 15 2008 5:23 PM

Hey doods! I just wanted to apologise for not making it to your gig at the Troub the other week. I finished exams and passed out at about 7.30pm so there was no way I could have been there. I am dead keen to hear the new album in full so I will be at your Zoo gig with bells on! What I have heard so far is brilliant! The best one yet I reckon.
See ya in August.
Cam.
Bree





Jul 15 2008 4:07 AM

No problems at all. And yeah bring on the spam...hang on a minute...
Bree





Jul 15 2008 3:33 AM

Chandeliers is a great listen. Congratulations guys.
Act Of Malice





Jul 14 2008 1:09 AM

thanks for the request.
have a good one!
tiff☆tiph





Jul 13 2008 3:46 AM

Ohhhh your album is faaaaantastic!!!

transmogify





Jul 12 2008 7:08 PM

Yeah, I love Elvis Costello...his music has such wit

I bought your new album today, I love it...I can't wait to see you at the Zoo in August!
the crayon fields





Jul 11 2008 8:22 PM

Good stuff!
Alaska Ratio





Jul 10 2008 4:52 AM

Loving your tunes. Will be keen for this East Brunswick gig... keep us posted.

Also, our Album is out soon... mixing as we speak, so keep an ear out!

Ben
ALASKA RATIO
Half Nelson *new songs*





Jul 9 2008 9:08 PM

thankkkssss so much for adding us!
much appreciated
HN
Stella H.





Jul 9 2008 6:28 PM

Hi there you fine Brisbane lads!

Thanks for letting me know! Can't wait to spin it!

All the best ~*~

Stella H x
Zippy