I’ll be honest with you, when I first saw Yacht in 2008 open for Vampire Weekend at the El Rey in Los Angeles, I thought, here we go again, another stereotypical indie duo trying to make it big by being weird as fuck with bizarre lyrics and off-beat time signatures. Sure they had clever lyrics and Jona and Claire, the band’s members, had clear chemistry, but listening to songs like “It’s Boring/ You Can Live Anywhere You Want” the first time did nothing but irritate me (sorry to sound so bitter… there’s a happy ending, I promise). It was not until this fall that I decided to go against my gut and listen to my friends who told me that they in fact did not suck, but were becoming quite innovative in their use of electronic music and in the compositions of their songs.
I stand corrected, or at the very least I am willing to say that my mind has been successfully changed about Yacht. Even they themselves say on their myspace that “current incarnation began gestating in 2008, and at this point bears no resemblance, except biologically, to the previous versions. The YACHT of 2009 is the true form of YACHT”. Alright, so the shitty phase was a gestation phase; that I can live with. It is with songs like “Psychic City”, “Summer Song”, and “I’m In Love With A Ripper” that I have gone from hopelessly pessimistic to pleasantly surprised as I dance around in my room to their clever beats and catchy lyrics, simplistic as they may be. I am glad Yacht put the impressive amount of effort in evolving their sound and solidifying their delightfully androgynous persona; it is definitely safe to say that Yacht is making waves in the indie music scene (pun intended).
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