Chart Attack Reports on Sailboats Are White

Sailboats Are White

Alan McGee — the man responsible for Creation Records and signing Jesus & Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine and Oasis — has added Hamilton post-punk, disco-rock noisemakers Sailboats Are White to his Poptones label.

“Intense rock ‘n’ roll motherfuckers from Canada,” is how the Sloan fan describes his latest signing. “Reminiscent of Public Image Limited, Big Black, Black Flag… if you don’t love this, you are wrong. Prepare to be destroyed.”

Poptones will release Sailboats Are White’s Turbo! album worldwide this fall, except for North America. The record has already been issued in Canada by Let’s Just Have Some Fun, which will also release it in the U.S. on May 2.

Keyboardist Chris McInerny recently left Sailboats Are White “to enjoy the simpler things in life,” according to the band’s website, and has been replaced by Joel Smith. He joins guitarist Kevyn Wright, bassist Matt Bourassa, singer Kevin Douglas and a drum machine.

After rocking The Boat during Canadian Music Week, Sailboats Are White will tour eastern Canada with Lullabye Arkestra next month. They’ll go to England in the fall to support their Poptones debut.

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