'WET DREAM' - A 70s YACHT ROCK TRIBUTE NIGHT

Brainbird Presents 'Wet Dream'

Starring the smooth and irresistible ‘Some Like It Yacht’

Some Like It Yacht are a Perth-based tribute band dedicated to recreating the sophisticated and smooth pop sounds that ruled the FM airwaves in the 1970s and 80s known as Yacht Rock.

Yacht Rock represents a high water mark of late 20th century pop craftsmanship and is embodied in the undeniable groove of Hall & Oates; the luscious harmonies of The Doobie Brothers; the blue-eyed soul of Michael McDonald; the sophisticated lyricism of Steely Dan and the nonpareil studio mastery of Toto.

This magic period in popular music history grew after the wide-eyed naïveté of the 60s had faded but before the naked capitalism of the 80s had flourished. In a perfect storm created by new commercial FM radio stations, massive record company profits and the booming Los Angeles/Hollywood entertainment Mecca, musicians were given more funding with less record company nannying than ever before and the results? Spectacularly memorable.

Skip forward to 2013 and we see the formation of Some Like It Yacht: a pack of musical journeymen (who amongst themselves have won multiple WAMI and WAM Song Of The Year awards) who connected over their love of the straight-to-Youtube mockumentary "Yacht Rock". After brushing off their polyester leisure suits and pressing their finest corduroy, they sail into the hearts of Perth music lovers while earning the head-nodding appreciation of their music-snob peers.