This is a very interesting album, not only that, but this is a band from Japan that I can't really seem to find any bio on. I have looked online, went through many different links, and even had Firefox translate Japanese pages for me, all to little avail. Now, I have found pages that list this album, and others that they have their discography, but I can't seem to find any info. on the band itself, that's why you will see very few, if any, links in this post, regarding the band itself. (So if you read this, please post a link if you find any background info.)
Boat is from Japan, sings in Japanese, and that's pretty much all I know at this time. Like my usual precursor, I have no idea how I stumbled across these guys, more than likely, and I'm 100% sure this is how it went, I was browsing different users' files on Soulseek and decided to go ahead and try it. I pride myself in being able to describe what genre(s) a band falls into, for the most part, but for some reason BOAT just seems to escape labeling. But let me try nonetheless: Imagine a poppy Japanese band, with the usual shoegaze style female vocals, playing standard Japanese Pop music, then completely switch that up, for every single track; seriously every track! Every track, out of the 13, are pretty different from the rest; the style changes, the tempo/timing changes, the vocals change, pretty much everything is different, as you go from song to song on the 35+ minutes this release has. (pop, punk, rock, experimental rock, noise rock, etc.) I really want to find out more about these guys, and I have plans on getting their other 4 releases to see what they are like as well.
After reading through this, I feel like my review of this band/album is lacking quite a bit, but this is one of those, and I know I've said this before, bands that you have to check out for yourself. I really enjoy music, and when you mix in music form other cultures that switches things up so drastically, it's usually a hit with me. Depending on where you live, you might be able to find this in a store, but more than likely you'll need to look online or download it, if you want to check them out; which you should.
Official score- 3.75/5
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