All aboard.
It is said that Jeremy Warmsley is one of the main players in the folk / electro scene that is going down at the moment with the kids (it must be true, it was in Sugarape magazine) but that isn’t evident on ‘The Boat Song.’ It may be lacking in electronic shenanigans but it lacks in little else. With a quick drum shuffle, the song whips into life quickly and tells a tale of a Noah like retreat from a flood. Except there were less animals and a greater potential for romance, which is good because if the chances of romance was with the animals, it would not be something that should be put in a song. Unless it was being aimed at people from Aberdeen or the Welsh…but that would be resorting to football chanting stereotypes so it’s best that Jeremy has taken a different tact.
The song is a duet with Emmy The Great who some of you may have seen supporting Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, where she did a great job in being better than the main act. Admittedly not that hard when it comes to GCWCF but it’s still a feat worth mentioning for any support act. The interweaving of the vocal styles are a nice touch and give a greater depth to the song than it would have carried if it was just Jeremy. Not that there is anything wrong with his vocals but this duet works.
So, ‘The Boat Song’ is a fairly pleasant track that will have your foot tapping away with pleasure but its nothing to cause a commotion over