Yesyesyesyesyes is the debut album from Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

 band The Boat People

The Boat People (Australian band)

The Boat People are an Australian four-piece indie pop band. The Brisbane based group consists of James O'Brien, Robin Waters, Charles Dugan and Tony Garret...

. It is the first full-length release following four EPs over five years.

It features the singles "Clean" and "Unsettle my Heart" as well as "Tell Someone Who Cares", a song from their previous EP

Extended play

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 of the same name.

The group has three different singers on the record. For the most part, it's keyboardist Robin Waters who is the lead singer, but bassist James O'Brien

James O'Brien

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 contributes lead vocals to five tracks on the record, and guitarist Charles Dugan gives lead on the track "Central Station".

During the album's first week of release, it entered the Australian Independent Records chart at number 15 along with both local and nationwide play on alternative radio stations across Australia

Australia

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. All three singles received high rotation on the Australian youth radio station Triple J

Triple J

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 who Unearthed the band in 1997, under the band's previous name, Four on the Floor.

The album was released by Shock Records and mixed by Ben Stewart, Jonathan Burnside and Brisbane based producer Magoo.

Track listing

1. "Clean"
2. "Unsettle my Heart"
3. "Irony"
4. "She's a Good Soul"
5. "Sink into the Sea"
6. "Tell Someone Who Cares"
7. "If We Hadn't Got Together..."
8. "Possum Magic"
9. "Central Station"
10. "Building Bridges, Digging Caves"
11. "The Picturesque"
12. "Me and the Sun"