The Boat People Riding High

The Boat People have been selected to showcase at the CMJ Music Marathon in NYC. They’ll also be touring the US with a live set on influential L.A. based radio show KCRW “Morning Becomes Eclectic”. They play Spaceland (Silverlake, L.A.) on 18th October with more shows to be announced. Finally the band swings past the UK for a follow up to their May trip where they wowed the poms at The Great Escape before heading home.

Back on home soil, the band’s single ‘Awkward Orchard Orchid’ has been getting a hammering on Triple J while their newly released second album Chandeliers has been getting nothing but shining reviews:

THE BOAT PEOPLE’S CHANDELIERS REVIEWS

MESS AND NOISE:
“A genuinely great Australian pop album that can comfortably stand alongside acknowledged classics like Woodface, Granddance or 16 Lover’s Lane….superb mature pop music, as good as anything you will hear in this genre this year. International recognition beckons” – Mess + Noise

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD (FOUR STARS):
“This is a second album carefully balanced between the sheer pleasure of pop music and the wit of smart song writing. Chandeliers songs have a casual elegance and a droll eye but they are subordinate to what feels like real emotion, meaty playing and tunes that constantly entertain. The Boat People are the real deal”

WHO WEEKLY – 4 STARS

COURIER MAIL – 4 STARS

THE BRAG – INDIE ALBUM OF THE WEEK

WHO WEEKLY – 4 STARS

4ZZZ – FEATURE ALBUM OF THE WEEK

3PBS – ALBUM OF THE WEEK

TIME OFF – 4.5 STARS (ALBUM OF THE WEEK)
“Eleven blindly brilliant pop songs… flawless, jangly, guitar pop for the thinking man… the album is a triumph.”

Catch the boys as they hit the road, launching Chandeliers around the country:

Thursday, 14 August 2008 | Transit Bar (Canberra)
with The Dawn Collective

Friday, 15 August 2008 | Chilli Lounge (Wyong, Central Coast N.S.W.)
with Jaywalker and Head of State

Saturday, 16 August 2008 | Spectrum (Sydney)
with The Small Hours and Melanie Horsnell

Sunday, 17 August 2008 | Brass Monkey (Cronulla, N.S.W.)

Thursday, 21 August 2008 | Bon Amici (Toowoomba, Qld)
with Tujiko Noriko (Japan/Paris)

Friday, 22 August 2008 | The Zoo (Brisbane)
with Rocketsmiths and Skinny Jean

Saturday, 23 August 2008 | Cooloongatta Hotel (Cooloongatta)
with Hoodoo Gurus and The Dawn Collective

Saturday, 30 August 2008 | East Brunswick Club (Melbourne)
with Plastic Palace Alice