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Boarding Party is an original three piece band from Hobart Tasmania. Influenced by early British Dub/Punk, the band have successfully combined their influences with iconic Australian Pub Rock. They have been described as The Clash meets Red Gum. “ We are motivated by local and global issues, not ourselves. “ Our new EP .. The 4 tracks are a taste of the Boarding party sound. Themes are timeless yet very twenty first century; Bushfire, captures the emotion of workers, and families , who have experienced the turmoils of bushfires. Fisher Widows, life on a fishing boat. Bass Strait City, the possible bleak future of a industrial wasteland, once known as Tasmania. Power of the sea the, a true life story of a yacht of hashish smugglers. Boarding party is up of members with years of experience in music. Brendan Kays plays a large role in Hobarts music scene as a mixer, sound engineer and drummer. Irish trad and old seafaring dirty ditties are amongst his obsessions. James Brook has