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About Me

Ship High In Transit was born from an idea four friends had who shared a love of music and a complete lack of music lessons. Talking about music was great, but playing music? So we bought some instruments, camped out in our now drummer's basement and started playing tunes. The beginning was frightening, comprised mostly of E and G chords, snare fills, basic rhymes, and a few ill-advised attempts at covers. It was something.

But time passed, and while the struggle was great and the learning curve was, well, curvaceous, our love for music and for playing original music grew, until we finished a handful of songs and decided to try our luck at a live venue, and thus began the time of Ship High In Transit in the Boston music scene.
Since 2006 we've played everywhere in the Boston area, from the All Asia Cafe that gave us our first real break to Lounges de P.A.'s and Abbey, the Greatest Bar, the Bulfinch Yacht Club, T.T. the Bear's, the Middle East upstairs and downstairs, Bill's Bar, Copperfield's, the Church and so on. We greatly appreciate the support we've received from our families, friends, old and new fans, venues and show promoters alike.
At the end of last summer our bassist Carl moved on to new adventures in the great state of Texas. But we've carried on, written an entire new set of songs and are working our way back into the live music scene we dearly miss. If you like what you hear let us know, and of course, check out those show dates above and come say hi to us in person, we love meeting new people. Rock on.
Booking/Email List: [email protected]

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Member Since: 10/26/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/shiphighintransit
Band Members:
Liam - vocals, guitar James - guitar, vocals Brendan - drums, vocals Carl - bass in spirit, moral support
Influences: Pearl Jam, Pixies/Frank Black, The Walkmen, Wolf Parade, Kings of Leon, The Strokes, Secret Machines, Radiohead, The White Stripes, U2, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Joseph Arthur, The Killers, Broken Social Scene, Spoon, Pavement and SM, Modest Mouse, The National, and so on...
Sounds Like: a band you love. Yeah, we hear it too.
Record Label: don't worry about it
Type of Label: None

My Blog

NEXT SATURDAY 4/19 @ THE CHURCH!

We've got a show at The Church next Saturday night. It's an early night, we kick things off at 9pm (so don't be late!), AND we're NOT playing the Pixies tune, but we have a crazy cover to try out and ...
Posted by SHIP HIGH IN TRANSIT on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:38:00 PST

Ship High @ Copperfields Down Under FRIDAY NIGHT!

Hosted By: LBJ, the Ship guys, not the President guyWhen: Friday Mar 21, 2008 at 9:00 PMWhere: Copperfield’s Down Under (21plus)98 Brookline AveBoston, Massachusetts|22 02215United StatesDescrip...
Posted by SHIP HIGH IN TRANSIT on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:33:00 PST

Lets Kick Some Life Into This Place!!!

Wake up!Or maybe that’s what all of YOU should be saying to US! Yes, we’ve played only one show so far this year. Yes, we have tracks posted that are over a year and a half old. So what gi...
Posted by SHIP HIGH IN TRANSIT on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:54:00 PST

The Ship Has Been Hacked!!!

Ship High In Transit has been compromised, someone hacked into our system last night. The perpetrator managed to post numerous photos and two totally unauthorized tracks. These tracks are so unauthori...
Posted by SHIP HIGH IN TRANSIT on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:18:00 PST

10,000 plays, old improv track from the vault, and other assorted Ship High news...

Thanks everyone for listening to us here on myspace. We've proudly hit 10,000 plays, and we appreciate every one of you for being a part of that. Truly awesome.As a special treat, we've posted a track...
Posted by SHIP HIGH IN TRANSIT on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:01:00 PST

Ship High in 10...9...8...

You now we have a show by now, right? It's soon! Are you going?RSVP!RSVP!RSVP!It will make us happy.Click Here To View Event:)...
Posted by SHIP HIGH IN TRANSIT on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:38:00 PST

Ship High coming back in 08

We're coming back, and things have changed.As most of you know, Carl Provost, co-founder and bassist extraordinaire, has left for the hot south. Sure, we could've found someone else to play bass, lear...
Posted by SHIP HIGH IN TRANSIT on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:03:00 PST

Check out this event: Farewell Show @ Bills Bar

Hosted By: Ship High in Transit When: Thursday Sep 13, 2007 at 11:30 PMWhere: Bill's Bar5.5 Landsdowne StreetBoston, MA 02215United StatesDescription:Ship High in Transit Click Here To View Event...
Posted by SHIP HIGH IN TRANSIT on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:17:00 PST

The End of an Era

Well folks, the time is at hand. In a few short weeks, Carl will be heading to Texas and the Ship High you've come to know and love will be no more. What does this mean? It means we definitely need to...
Posted by SHIP HIGH IN TRANSIT on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:14:00 PST

Fighting our way back into your hearts...

So we haven't played a show in like 3 months. And we know, we're sad too. But alas, the drought is coming to an end in two short weeks. On Saturday night June 2nd, we'll be headlining at the All Asia ...
Posted by SHIP HIGH IN TRANSIT on Tue, 22 May 2007 10:20:00 PST