New Rules For Boats

New Rules for Boats
Origin	Perth, Australia
Genres	Indie pop
Years active	2004–present
Labels	QStik Records/MGM Distribution
Website	Official website
Members	Sean Pollard Benjamin Golby Miranda Pollard Joseph Derwort Dan Grant

New Rules for Boats is a five piece band from Perth, Western Australia, formed in early 2004.

Joseph Derwort, Sean Pollard and Benjamin Golby of New Rules For Boats first met at Perth Modern School, where all three had music scholarships, although they didn't form the band until after they had left school. After playing two gigs under the name 'New Rules for Boats featuring Miranda', Miranda Pollard (Sean's sister) joined the band.

When queried on the band's name, Ben Golby advised:

Usually I concoct elaborate stories when people ask how we came up with our name: New Rules For Boats. Really, it means nothing. It was a headline from the Armadale City News and it related to the local maritime restrictions that were being put in place. Once you're stuck with a name you can't really do anything about it.

Since their formation, New Rules for Boats have managed to reach the finals of the Western Australian Music's "The Next Big Thing 2004" (with previous winners including John Butler, Fourth Floor Collapse and Snowman), be nominated for various WAMi awards for 'Best Country Act', released their debut EP, All At Sea, and performed with international acts such as Ben Kweller, Kathleen Edwards, the Mountain Goats and Electrelane, as well as Australian stalwarts Machine Translations, The Grates, The Panics, Eskimo Joe, Little Birdy, Dave McCormack and 78 Saab.

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