London Free Press Amazes at the Wonder that Is Sailboats...

The Hamilton band—which replaced its original drummer with a drum machine and has embraced its mechanical wonders ever since—recently signed a worldwide deal with Poptones, the label owned by Alan McGee, who’s best known for founding Creation Records and signing ‘90s rock staples like My Bloody Valentine and Oasis.

Poptones will issue the band’s raucously lo-fi, screamo-dance, retro-punk and all-round insane debut Turbo! (already out in North America) in September. But before the band sails off to promote the disc in the U.K., it will play a number of dates on Canadian soil, including Saturday night’s show at the Forest City Gallery.

The Sailboats will be joined by Brooklyn avant indie duo Mary Halvorson and Kevin Shea, who play under the moniker People.

These people share vocal duties—guitarist Halvorson provides the light, angelic melodies, while drummer Shea balances it by uttering some scrappy, disonant gems. Released last year on New York’s I and Ear Records, People’s debut is a delightful, schizophrenic mess of ramshackle free jazz and creepy guitar noodling

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