Growing up in the small Queensland town of Mission Beach, Boatkeeper has woven the coastal sounds of a salt drenched youth into their own brand of soulful, acoustic folk/rock.  Days spent experimenting in the filtered sunlight of palm trees have infused Boatkeeper’s sound with an impressive ability to transport their audience instantly to the sunshine and surf. What started as a solo project for lead singer/guitarist Boyd Fuller morphed into a five piece ensemble while recording the debut EP. The full band is a bit of a family affair compiling of Boyd’s brother Jordan, brothers Jack and Ben Rungert and long time school friend James Tranby-White. This tightly knit crew of homegrown talent helped take Boatkeeper’s sound to another level turning catchy acoustic sing-a-longs into buoyant folk-rock anthems.

Boatkeeper are celebrating the release of ‘Shadows’ in an intimate setting at the Milk Factory in Brisbane’s West End as well as road testing the remaining songs from their forthcoming EP.  The will be joined on the evening by Brisbane’s Jessica Sarah whose song ‘Free’ was chosen by the music platform Reverbnation as one of the top 10 folk songs in 2016 from its 3.6 million registered artists.