Jona Bechtolt is a Portland-based producer/singer/songwriter and plain old mischief maker who records solo using the moniker Yacht and as part of the indie-pop duo The Blow. As Yacht, Bechtolt combines bubbly electronics and quirky pop with the reckless joy and abandon of a little kid in a candy store on his latest album I Believe In You. Your Magic Is Real. Or like a kid jumping from puddle to puddle after a big rain.
I Believe In You. Your Magic Is Real matches big beats against bouncy synths with a childlike playfulness and humor that makes the music come alive. Its a breath of fresh air into the all-too-serious world lap-pop-tronica. And while it isnt all glory like and (just like mine) all his jokes aren’t funny to anyone but him, Bechtolt has made a solid album that includes a wicked cameo from Eats Tapes.
Yacht’s …Believe…Magic… is out now on Marriage Records.
MP3 | Yacht – It’s All The Same Price (ft. Eats Tapes) I Believe In You…
MP3 | Yacht – I Believe In You I Believe In You…
Saw him last night open for LCD, T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E. What a sorry excuse for music anyone could make on their lunch break.