Remember when trains used to be the only way to travel in the Wild Wild West? Tom Williams & The Boat haven't forgotten. In their video for their single, "Teenage Blood", from their just released album of the same name, two kids let their imaginations run wild while playing with a train set. There's love, a robbery, and some evil looking sisters. Watch Tom Williams & The Boat's video for "Teenage Blood" below. Read more »
In the video for 'Teenage Blood', the first single from Tom Williams and the Boat 's second album, Wild West Victoriana jousts with a Celtic-influenced coming-of-age ditty. The band are all dressed up like cowboys (it helps that several of them naturally look like they've just stepped off the set of a Western), and a gun-toting teenage outlaw hijacks a buttoned-up family on a steam train...it can't end well, can it? Like a disused railway siding, there's a mournful streak running through the song ("Rain dripping inside of the windowsill / Dad's [...]
On May 1st, Moshi Moshi will release the new album Teenage Blood from Tom Williams & The Boat. Check out the pretty cool title track below. Read more »
Last summer I found myself particularly enamored with Tom Williams and the Boat but since then have found myself not getting chance to spend the time listening to their music as I would like. When a timely reminder that their new single My Bones is released this coming Monday (27th February) it seemed like the perfect opportunity to point you in their direction. If you haven't come across their stuff before then expect yourself to be confronted with an incredibly infectious beat and melodies and an arguably more rounded sound than they have produced up until [...]
As much as we celebrated Valentine's Day this week here at TGTF Towers, there's also an opposite side. Not every relationship is built around fluffy cuddly toys or over-priced pieces of card with a soulless pre-printed message inside. Some couples are unfortunately fated to fail. Luckily then there's a wealth of songs written about 'the one who got away', 'the one you'll always love' and everyone's favourite 'the one who got a restraining order'. One band dipping their toe into the murky waters of anti-love songs are Tom Williams and the Boat [...]
So, the penultimate entry before Mrs Mackerel finishes off this year's set of Top Ten postings tomorrow is my very own. Without further ado... 10. Milk Music - Beyond Living Although it was released early in the year, I only discovered it recently. A full on, no holds barred, nihilistic 70s punk attitude and the very best of the heavyweight riffs of the grunge era is a mighty powerful combination. One that makes me wish my car stereo went all the way up to eleven. Download Milk Music - Beyond [...]
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out of the rain and bursting through the front door Another cheeky Sunday stream here, this one courtesy of Tom Williams & The Boat. It's not easy to make this kind of straightforward folky rock stand out form the crowd but on first listen I was caught by both "Concentrate"'s hooks and lyrics. The music get's stuck in my head and I fid myself trying to sing along even though I can't keep up with Tom's fantastic lyrics. The guy is clearly taking a close look at his life and times and thank goodness he put it all [...]
So I have been cast adrift by my girlfriend; at her time of need, she has reasoned that she doesn't need me. It feels horrendous and lonely and stupid. I don't trust anything now. Tom Williams & The Boat - Concentrate I think I've got a future, and I think I'm dead if I lose track. [...]
Friday was undoubtedly the busiest of the three days, helped largely by getting to Brighton in time to actually see those playing during the day! Having failed to get into Komedia's Studio Bar to see Lucy Rose, we ended up downstairs instead; a good move that took us to Friday's discovery of the day in the shape of pop-folk group The General . In spite of their apparent elusiveness, I can't even seem to find a Facebook page, they were enjoyable to watch, especially when they pulled out a cover of It Don't Mean A Thing and [...]
Having already previewed some of the acts playing the Great Escape this year, I think it's time to step off the beaten track! The Alternative Escape is officially part of the festival but features many fantastic showcases from a variety of hosts; everything from blogs to labels. Below is a small selection of artists who may not be on your radar but are definitely worth your time. Tom Williams & The Boat If you're looking for something that little bit different [...]
Saturday afternoon in London's Camden Town. Crazy outfits, drunken people, lots of noise...it's like any normal weekend in the locale...but a lot busier. It can only be the 2011 leg of the Gaymer's Camden Crawl. And loads of tourists getting in the way of our revelling. Plenty of itching-to-be-discovered bands flock to the stages of the North London festival each year with hopes of making it big, and to share stages with already-established acts. The Crawl gets bigger and bigger each year (though not neccessarily better, it depends on your view about the dilution of music and how much [...]
Angry and passionate, Tom Williams And The Boat's recent single, 'Get Older' has been played all over and their debut album, 'Too Slow', was 6 Music as their album of the day not so long ago. In fact, the Kent boys are the only unsigned band to get their track on 6Music's playlist. Good... Read more..
Too Slow , the stunning debut LP from Tom Williams & the Boat , has been rocking the airwaves of BBC's 6 Music across the Atlantic this year via the single "Get Older," but, for these ears, "Concentrate" makes an even better introduction to the Kent, England outfit. For one, Williams' knack for melding storytelling — in this case, he convincingly takes the perspective of a high school kid striving to transcend the pressures, anxiety and dangerous potential of the modern world — with repeatedly rewarding melodies is front and center here. In [...]
I think I may be mixing up BBC radio presenters and band names, because for some reason I thought I'd heard the band name Tom Williams and the Boat from Tom '2-4-6-8-Motorway' Robinson on 6music. Whoever I heard about them from (now that I think about it, was probably Steve Lamacq), doesn't matter. How many unsigned bands do you know who have had their songs playlisted on 6music? Turns out this band is the first ever to accomplish this feat. Definitely time to take a closer look (err...listen). [...]
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As much as I don't like doing these kind of generic posts there is a lot of stuff I want to get out there, so just for once this seems to be the simplest way of covering all bases. I have just got word that Benjamin Francis Leftwich is set to release his first single proper on the 6th June entitled 'Box Of Stones'. It will precede the debut album slated for later in the month Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm , both dropping on the indie [...]
"You haven't listened to the podcast yet... What are you, retarded??" This is podcast number three (as the title says!). It's got two songs that were emailed to us in it and a bit more 'Gaylectro', following on from this post here . Listen, share, download, comment, do whatever it is you want to do with it. And click on the 'read more' link to see the tracklisting. Safety, Fun & Learning Podcast #3 [...]
Too Slow , the recent debut long player by Tom Williams & The Boat is undoubtedly one of our albums of the year so far. It is crammed full of brilliant tunes that mix vitriol and wry observation in equal measure jumping from the venom of the wonderful Get Older to the understated ironic sarcasm of Wouldn't Women Be Sweet . It has been getting regular plays on our (too) regular long, long drives to Folkestone and we were delighted to discover another of the standout tracks on the album, Concentrate [...]
Tom Williams & The Boat - Concentrate by Mud Hut Digital Here's a triumphant British indie-rock song by a band called Tom Williams & The Boat. I've been off to a slow start this Monday morning after a great weekend with my mom in town. I apologize for the short hiatus from blogging - a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. I'll be back at it this week. Here's our first take. Tom Williams takes a crazy path lyrically - he imagines the thoughts and motivations of a home-grown suicide [...]
Tom Williams and The Boat ALBUM REVIEW: Tom Williams and The Boat's record Too Slow [Mud Hut Digital] is actually like a nice cruise of genres between the righteousnesses campfire vamping of Nick Cave and the jagged orchestrated edges of David Gedge's guitar play. Floating at sea are the sounds of our greatest minds in this vessel. Tom Williams rants are not all about maritime trips at all. Trust me I'd be the first one over board who would be hurling and begging for the shore line. [...]
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