The weird thing about seeing Boats was that I didn’t even realize that I’m already a fan of the band BOAT. Weird. So there was no awkward moment of “boo! hiss! another band has a similar name!” and just loads of silent enjoyment — which is great, because Boats were great! They were billed as being one of those toy instrument bands, but I really wouldn’t put them in that category. They were just some good pop in the vein of HHBTM records.