Setting the Paces was the third full-length album by indie rock band BOAT, released in 2009.

Setting the Paces received largely positive reviews from critics.

Allmusic's Tim Sendra describes the album as having "debts owed to Pavement, Television Personalities, and the Banana Splits, and with a bouncy energy that makes the album very easy to like.

"[3] Pitchfork Media's David Bevan claims the songs give "way to a full-blast power chord workout and on to a chuggable chorus... At the center of it all is one gooey, delicious hook... Every song is irrepressible in its own right.

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