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  • LEVEL 3!!

    Greetings, pop pickers!!Well, our hearts certainly go out to all our pals (and suppliers!) in Auckland, doing it tough with the extended Level 4 in...
  • TAKE 5!! #3

  • TAKE 5!! #2

    In the second edition of our boredom-busting curated selections of songs, hilariously funny, obscenely talented Flight Of The Conchords/ What We Do...
  • TAKE 5!!

    In an effort to stave off the stasis of lockdown, and to keep the music flowing freely, Slow Boat has 'reached out' to some of our friends and comr...
  • Lockdown MkII

    Well, nobody wanted to be here, but here we are - that pesky Delta Covid variant is just so transmissible and so virulent that we were pleased and ...
  • RSD - gracias, all!!

    Crikey, another Record Store Day (two of 'em, no less!) done and dusted for another year, just wanted to offer a massive Slow Boat CHEERS to everyo...
  • RECORD STORE DAY DROP #2

      Greetings, comrades - hope everyone is keeping warm and dry now that Winter has properly arrived! Thought we'd better give you a reminder that R...
  • The third coming of our Lorde!

    Well, looky - some splendid news to receive upon opening up this morning - the third album from global pop supernova Lorde is to be released on the...
  • Record Store Day 2021 at Slow Boat!!

    We are thrilled to share with you our plans for Record Store Day 2021! Slow Boat has, of course, been with the event since its inception in 2007...
  • Welcome to the new Slow Boat website

    Well, after the old one had become as outdated as bootcut/ skinny/ acidwash (take your pick) jeans, we have taken the opportunity to freshen up and...
  • March 2021

    Howdy, all - well, crikey - the rest of NZ back in Covid alert level 2, while our Auckland chums are at level 3 - appreciate it must be tough for ...
  • 2020!!!

    Just wanted to offer a huge Slow Boat CHEERS to everyone who has supported us this year; it has certainly been one of the strangest I can recall -...