The Haven Social Club

Doors at 7:30pm
Tickets $10 at the door

boats tend to play music, the kind you like the most.

“Fronting the junk shop orchestra of cheap-ass keyboards, glockenspiel, martial drums, drunk horns and gang vocals any kindergartener would go mental for makes for a piñata busting good time… delivers the kind of power pop overflow some cartoon band could build their career around.”—Exclaim!

“It’ll take a few spins before you’ll be able to pick specific parts out of the wash of glittering pop, but Cannonballs, Cannonballs is worth some investment.”—Chart Attack (4 out of 5)

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“Winnipeg’s Boats! sound as if the disc on which their music was recorded can hardly contains their kinetically creative firestorm…Intercontinental Champion hits like that morning caffeine rush and pummels you into submission with its kooky, over-the-top hooks.”—Winnipeg Free Press

“Every track is solid and, most importantly, memorable, which has as much to do with Klachefsky’s songwriting as it does with his surprisingly high vocals”—Now Magazine

“Boats! Intercontinental Champion gives an atomic leg drop to Canada’s indie scene and is bound to hailed as one of this year’s best.”—Pop Journalism (4 out of 5 stars)

“This is such a solid indie pop record, it’s hard to believe that it’s a debut…a sparkling, hook-laden record sprinkled with plenty of handclaps and sing-a-long chorus lines.”—Uptown Magazine (Rated: A)

“The Arcade Fire minus the drama. An album that sparkles and shines with every single song, and it is all fun without corny and majestic without being melodramatic. My favourite unsung record this past year.”—Dave Ullrich, Zunior.com

“It’s hard to eat it all up and not ask for seconds… a great Winnipeg pop masterpiece.”—Stylus Magazine

Number 1 for three weeks on UMFM (Winnipeg)!
Number 1 for two weeks on CJSR (Edmonton)!
Number 1 on CKUW (Winnipeg)!
Number 1 on CFRC (Kingston)!
Number 16 Nationally on Earshot!
Number 9 on CBC Radio 3!
Highest ranking independant CD of 2007 on Earshot (62 overall)!

“Intercontinental Champion” voted the 2nd best local album of 2007 by the Uptown Magazine readers poll!

Boats voted the 3rd best new band of 2007 by the Uptown Magazine reader’s poll!

“Intercontinental Champion” is now available through Sonic Unyon distribution!

Now available for download on Zunior.com!

Also Available on Itunes!