SYA022  LOVE BOAT

'Love Boat Song' b/w 'Don't Ask Me Why'  7"

November 2007

Black Wax - 300 copies

Red Wax - 100 copies

track list:

Love Boat Song/ Don't Ask Me Why

Amazing debut by this three-piece garage-pop combo from beautiful Sardinia. A great couple of swingin' & 'shakin tunes with 50/60s gospel/RnB taste and the Black Lips garage attitude in vein.

SYA is too proud to invite you on board of this blue ship full of love. LOVEBOATOMIZE YOU!!!

REVIEWS

German

Haha, ich hatte ja beinahe schon mit einer Coverversion des Titeltracks der TV-Serie "Love Boat" gerechnet, aber die Italiener verschonen mich damit zum Glück. Stattdessen gibt es zwei wuderbar poppige Garagennummern zu hören, die nicht von ungefähr an die Landsleute von den Mojomatics erinnern, da Mojomatt nämlich auch an der Produktion beteiligt war. Man nehme noch eine Prise eingängiger Black Lips oder auch The Kinks und fertig ist eine wirklich schöne Single, auf der mir speziell der A-Seiten-Song kaum noch aus dem Kopf geht. Hit! (9)

(Bernd Fisher - OX-Fanzine 76 Feb. 2008)

English

Super infectious Italian powerpop with some rootsy flavors. Damn, these two short ditties will make even the grumpiest fuckers smile like mongoloids chasing an ice cream truck!
(Jens - http://www.lowcut.dk/)

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"Dun-Da-Da-Da-Da! LOVE! Exciting and new!"
What?!?! This isn't Jack Jones nor the lounge orchestra that backed him up?!?! Set for adventure? A mind on a new romance?!!
This love boat song is a KK&BBQ version of a riff borrowed from Melanie's "Look What They've Done They've Done To My Song" sauteed in an iron pan of a paticular tripped mushroom and red wine over a campfire at a folky and total boozed sing-a-long sleepover. Flip the record over and they've got a rooster doing a dance on a high voltage wire.
"Ooh La La La/Ooh La La La" abounds!
(http://www.smashintransistors.blogspot.com/)

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Three Italian kids go way back to the heart-on-sleeve country R&B twang of Carl Perkins or Jerry Lee Lewis, then let it tear out with some bright, up-front cheer. I'd liken it to a more obvious, but very effective, take on the way the Goodnight Loving is developing their sound: with roots firmly in place, starry-eyed and reverent to their ideas and the history that precludes them. Pretty exciting, and stuck with me after a few listens.

I have come to the conclusion that I will order every 7" that Shake Your Ass releases. Each single is packaged in a thin semi-glossy sleeve that I seem to enjoy more then the standard cardboard slip covers. The releases are either in color or hand numbered and typically limited to a low number. Most importantly, the records all make you shake your ass. Hidden behind the wonderful cover art is garage rock with a slight hint of pop, dirty and raw but still catchy as hell. Love Boats first single is probably the best 7" I have heard in a few months. The 1st track is called Love Boat Song and carries an infectious chorus over background oh la la vocals and a "can't help but clap along" beat. The twangy and simple guitar licks fit perfectly over all of this. This song is so catchy it seems perfect for use as an ipod commercial. Considering its a 7? only release that would be a very entertaining choice. The b side, Don't Ask Me Why, is another garage pop gem that really shows off how tight the band is for having such a loose feel to them. (...) I am eagerly awaiting news of further releases from Love Boat.

(http://www.limitededitionvinyl.com)

Spanish

Vecinos de los Rippers, este trio de Sardinia (Italia) han tenido un debut sorprendente, de la mano del recomendable sello Shake Your Ass, las dos canciones que aqui puedes encontrar son una delicatessen de rock and roll y pop, una mezcla de Buddy Holly con los Belmons, King Khan y BBQ, Jonathan Ritchman y Skeletons, y no puedo evitar encontrarlos irresistibles en ese “Love Boat Song” tan simple y directo como mágico mientras que con “Don´t Ask me Why” dejan los sonidos country y se centran en el rock and roll acústico con punteos electricos, dos temas de esos que hacen que afrontes un nuevo día con otra cara. No dejes de visitar su pagina para escucharlos y disfrutar de nuevas canciones mientras esperamos nuevas entregas vinilicas de los italianos que directamente va a las lista de buscados.
(Oscarkotj - Kick Out The Jams blogzine)

Italian

Se fai rock strimpellando un paio di chitarre e pestando su una batteria, devi preoccuparti soltanto di una cosa: di riuscire a incanalare in quel quattro quarti accelerato che immancabilmente diventa la tua lingua madre più energie possibili. Nessuna frivolezza insomma, nessun vagheggiamento, nessun effetto speciale che non sia un riff veloce o uno stacco improvviso: solo punk ante litteram, garage vecchio stile e tonnellate di personalità a colmare i vuoti strumentali. Se nasci a Detroit, poi, e hai qualche buona idea, magari vendi anche una vagonata di dischi. Se la tua terra d'origine invece è la Sardegna e sei al primo 45 giri – si, avete capito bene, che il Signore dei dischi li benedica! – sei sulla buona strada per guadagnarti, oltre al rispetto di addetti ai lavori e pubblico, un posto in prima fila per il "best of" del 2008. Che non sarebbe poco, considerata la giovane età dei Nostri.
È sufficiente ascoltarli una volta, questi Love Boat, per innamorarsene, canticchiando sui coretti bubble-gum di "Love Boat Song" o lasciandosi conquistare dallo scapicollare ritmico e le voci sgraziate di "Don't Ask Me Why": anticipazioni gustose di un esordio sulla lunga distanza – ma chiamiamolo con il suo vero nome: LP – che speriamo possa vedere la luce quanto prima.

(Federico Zampighi - Il Mucchio)