Yacht Rocks The Boat

YACHT (aka Jona Bechtolt) took out my hump-day blues like a trained assassin. I opened up the package containing his new album, I Believe In You. Your Magic Is Real (out on Marriage Records May 8th), and what did I find along with the music? A wand, that's what. A WAND! My glee now knows no bounds. And what's more, this album is amazing. Sure it's all computer generated but don't you dare call it laptop music. It's so much more than that! It's summer, unicorns, fun times and dancing all rolled into one. It's white-boy hip-hop without the stigma.

Forming one half of the Portland duo, The Blow, Bechtolt has been creating his own music (as well as remixing quite a few indie rock friends' music) for a while now. I Believe In You. Your Magic Is Real will be his third full length but quite possibly his first to truly catupult him into mainstream conciousness. Afterall, YACHT's not just music, it's a way of life. Listen to his music on MySpace and become a believer.