Trash Boat

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Trash Boat
Trash Boat performing at Download Festival 2017.jpg
Trash Boat performing at Download Festival 2017. From left to right: Tobi Duncan, Oakley Moffatt, James Grayson, Ryan Hyslop
Background information
Origin St Albans, Hertfordshire, England [1]
Genres
Years active2014–present [2]
Labels Hopeless [3]
MembersDann Bostock
Tobi Duncan
James Grayson
Ryan Hyslop
Oakley Moffatt

Trash Boat are a British punk rock band formed in St Albans in 2014. [4] The group consist of Tobi Duncan (lead vocals), Dann Bostock (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Ryan Hyslop (lead guitar), James Grayson (bass, backing vocals), and Oakley Moffatt (drums).

Contents

The group have released two EPs, and four studio albums. Look Alive was released independently in 2014, while Brainwork was released after signing with Hopeless Records in 2015. The band's debut album, Nothing I Write You Can Change What You've Been Through, was released on 17 June 2016; their second, Crown Shyness , was released on 20 July 2018; and the band's third album Don't You Feel Amazing? was released on 13 August 2021. The band's latest album, Heaven Can Wait, was released on 4 October 2024.

History

Formation and debut EP (2014)

The group was formed in St Albans in 2014, taking their name from an episode of Regular Show . [5] The band independently released their first EP, Look Alive, 23 June 2014. [6]

Signing and Nothing I Write You Can Change What You've Been Through (2015–2017)

On 17 March 2015, Trash Boat announced their signing to Hopeless Records [7] and released an EP titled Brainwork on 18 May 2015. [8] On 24 May 2015, the group performed at the 2015 Slam Dunk Festival. [9] In August 2015, Trash Boat supported New Found Glory on a tour in England. [10] The band's debut album, Nothing I Write You Can Change What You've Been Through, was released on 17 June 2016. [11] The group performed at the 2016 Reading and Leeds Festivals. [12] Throughout December of the same year, Trash Boat supported Beartooth on the group's UK tour. [13]

Crown Shyness (2018–2020)

The band announced their second studio album, Crown Shyness , on 14 May 2018 alongside the lead single "Shade". [14] The album was released on 20 July, debuting at No. 2 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums Chart. [15]

Trash Boat then released the single "Synthetic Sympathy" on 29 August 2019. The Band covered the Linkin Park song "Given Up" for the compilation album Songs That Saved My Life Volume 2.

Don't You Feel Amazing? (2021–present)

In February 2021, Trash Boat released the single "He's So Good" as well as merchandise inspired by the song. The profit from these designs is being donated to LGBTQ+ Youth charity group AKT.

Musical style and influences

The group's music has been characterized as pop punk, [16] [17] melodic hardcore, [18] [19] skate punk [20] [21] and post-hardcore [22] [23] however heavier than a majority of their peers thanks to a "purer and grittier style", Duncan's raw and emotional voice and their punk (rather than pop)-leanings. [24] [25] All of the band members have been influenced by pop punk and punk artists while vocalist Tobi Duncan's interests in hardcore punk and metal music and Bostock's ska influence have also shaped the group's sound. [26] [27] The band have also cited influences from bands such as Have Heart, Trophy Eyes, Turnstile, La Dispute, Can't Swim, Movements, [28] Title Fight, [29] the Misfits, the Sex Pistols, [30] Rise Against, Thrice, Blink-182, [31] Polar Bear Club [32] and Sum 41. [19] Duncan has cited the poets W. B. Yeats and Emily Brontë as a major influence on his lyric writing. [33]

Band members

Discography

Studio albums
TitleAlbum details
Nothing I Write You Can Change What You've Been Through
Crown Shyness
  • Released: 20 July 2018 [35]
  • Label: Hopeless
  • Format: CD, DL, LP
Don't You Feel Amazing?
  • Released: 13 August 2021 [36]
  • Label: Hopeless
  • Format: CD, DL, LP
Heaven Can Wait
  • Released: 4 October 2024
  • Label: Hopeless
  • Format: CD, DL, LP
Extended plays
TitleAlbum details
Look Alive
  • Released: 23 June 2014 [6]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: DL
Brainwork
Singles
TitleYearAlbum
"Boneless" [38] 2014Look Alive
"Perspective" [8] 2015Brainwork
"Shade" [35] 2018Crown Shyness
"Inside Out" [39]
"Old Soul" [40]
"Controlled Burn" [41] 2019
"Synthetic Sympathy" [42] Don't You Feel Amazing?
"He's So Good" [43] 2021
"Bad Entertainment"
(featuring Milkie Way) [44]
"Delusions of Grandeur"2023Heaven Can Wait
"Liar Liar"
"Break You"2024
"Be Someone"
(featuring Eric Vanlerberghe)
"Better Than Yesterday"
"Are You Ready Now?"
Music videos
TitleYearDirector
"Boneless"2015Unknown
"Perspective"Richard Dimery [45]
"Eleven"Ian Coulson [46]
"Strangers" (feat. Dan Campbell)2016Christopher Porter [47] [48]
"How Selfish I Seem"
"The Guise of a Mother"Bradley Allen [49]
"Tring Quarry"2017Adam Webb [50]
"Shade"2018Lewis Cater [51]
"Inside Out"Long Shot [52] [53]
"Old Soul"
"Controlled Burn"2019Adam Webb [54]
"He's So Good"2021Zak Pinchin [55]
"Silence Is Golden"Adam Webb [56]
"Don't You Feel Amazing?"Zak Pinchin [57] [58]
"Delusions Of Grandeur"2023
"Liar Liar"Oakley Moffatt
"Break You"2024
"Be Someone" (feat. Eric Vanlerberghe)Zak Pinchin

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  46. ↑ "Trash Boat – Eleven (Official Music Video)". www.youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  47. ↑ "Trash Boat – Strangers [feat. Dan Campbell] (Official Music Video)". www.youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  48. ↑ "Trash Boat – How Selfish I Seem (Official Music Video)". www.youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  49. ↑ "Trash Boat – The Guise of a Mother (Official Music Video)". www.youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
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