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YACHT
I BELIEVE IN YOU, YOUR MAGIC IS REAL
ERR
LP/CD
(NOVEMBER 2007)
Err Recordings is a new label set up by two people from Tomlab and XL Recordings. Their debut release is by Portland, Oregon artist Yacht (real name Jona Bechtolt) who has just finished a massive tour support slot with LCD Soundsystem.
The songs that make ‘I Believe in You, Your Magic is Real’ travel well; they’re wide and warm-hearted, not unlike Bechtolt himself, bouncing without pretension from iPod to turntable, as buoyant and easy in a kid’s bedroom as they are echoing across a huge crowd, pouring from a jukebox, or woven thoughtfully into a mix tape.
What makes these songs so accessible – apart from their undeniable vigour, or their fractured, crystalline pop sensibility – is the strength of their objective. Behind the beats and the choruses, which come from left-field and bloom into frenetic dance breaks, are big ideas about how positive thinking, optimism, and luck can replace blind faith in a world without a lot of white gloves, or magic.
TRACKLISTING
1. So Post All 'Em
2. See A Penny (Pick It Up)
3. We're Always Waiting
4. Platinum (feat Bobby Birdman)
5. It's All The Same Price (feat Eats Tapes)
6. Don't Stay In Bed
7. The Magic Beat
8. Drawing In The Dark
9. It's Coming To Get You
10. If Music Could Cure All That Ails You
11. I Believe In You
12. Your Magic Is Real
13. Women Of The World
ARTIST WEBSITE
myspace.com/yacht
PRESS QUOTES
"YACHT smells wonderful. I must say, all the time he spent in our bus, it was as if a cool breeze was blowing through my mind. and good songs, too!" (James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem)
"Being indie rock's Timbaland ain't easy." (VIBE Magazine)
"Oh, man, we love this kid." (NME)
"YACHT is a true renaissance man, feel his magic zap you with its lightning bolt made of awesome" (Architecture in Helsinki)
"No one combines giddy bubblegum melodies with clinically precise programming quite like Bechtolt." (Entertainment Weekly)
"After spinning Yacht’s new one, I Believe in You. Your Magic Is Real, we are prepared to echo the album title’s assessment with respect to the artist himself" (Time Out New York)
"YACHT's not just music, it's a way of life." (PAPERMAG)
"YACHT Became This Week's Biggest Artist In The World" (Idolator)
"Don't miss the boat on YACHT." (The Fader Magazine)
"Bechtolt's hip-hop-influenced beats make you want to dance like you're a 10-year-old in aerobics class." (Venus Magazine)
"Jona Bechtolt is no more a normal human being than a toaster is a Ferrari." (austinist.com)
