{"id":14637,"date":"2018-05-29T05:30:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T09:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=14637"},"modified":"2018-05-29T10:42:08","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T14:42:08","slug":"boytoy-sez-gday-mates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/boytoy-sez-gday-mates\/","title":{"rendered":"Boytoy Sez: G’day, Mates!"},"content":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/boytoy_night_leaf.jpg\")
Discovering Boytoy can be a confusing experience. Visit the web page for the band’s 2014 self-titled debut EP and you’ll read that the group is from Tasmania. \u201cFor some reason, when we started our Bandcamp page our origin came up as Australia,\u201d says singer and guitarist Saara Untracht-Oakner, \u201cand we couldn’t figure out how to change it.\u201d The band \u2013 which is in fact from Brooklyn \u2013 did tour with Australian legends Midnight Oil, so there is some down-under connection.<\/p>\n
And then there’s the matter of the band members’ names. Untracht-Oakner started the group in 2012 with guitarist Glenn Van Dyke, and after some lineup changes, Boytoy coalesced around the trio of her, Saara, Glenn and drummer Chase Noelle. But both Glenn and Chase are women. \u201cSo we’re a female band, and we also have a bass player now.\u201d (Less confoundingly, the bassist is named Lena Simon.)<\/p>\n
But there’s nothing confusing about Boytoy’s music. Drawing equally from punk’s stripped-down energy and classic pop, Boytoy makes music that’s both exciting and catchy. \u201cI\u2019ve always really appreciated a good, solid pop song,\u201d says Untracht-Oakner. \u201cBut we\u2019re a rock and roll band.\u201d<\/p>\n
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As appealing as the band’s earlier work is \u2013 check out \u201cShallow Town\u201d from the 2014 EP for proof \u2013 a listen to Boytoy’s latest album, Night Leaf<\/i> (released April 27) showcases a much more assured, confident and \u2013 gasp! \u2013 relaxed band. The confidence, Untracht-Oakner says \u201ccomes from just growing together as a band.\u201d<\/p>\n
And the relaxed (but still urgent) vibe of Boytoy’s new music might be a product of where the record was made. \u201cWe recorded Night Leaf <\/i> in Topanga Canyon,\u201d Untracht-Oakner says. \u201cWe’d surf in the morning and then record on this ranch with animals all around.\u201d The band worked with producer Kyle Mullarkey, who’s worked on albums by the Allah-Las and the Growlers. \u201cIt was cool to come in with a bunch of songs as sort of finished products, but then completely change and rearrange them,\u201d Saara says.<\/p>\n
Don’t look for Night Leaf<\/i> on compact disc, though. It’s available only digitally and on vinyl. \u201cVinyl is the ultimate,\u201d says Untracht-Oakner. \u201cIt feels the most real and the most immortal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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