A few weeks ago I was introduced to a band by a music blog not unlike my own. The blog was called Quiet Color and they do a wonderful job talking music and posting mp3’s but a couple of their writers have taken the whole music thing a step further and started their own band known as Shark?. Now Shark? has routinely popped up in the lineups for shows that Quiet Color put on and I am routinely invited to those shows so I decided to click on the link to their MySpace page and see what was up with this poorly named, tough to Google band.
For the past week I have been listening to the 5-tunes posted on their MySpace page practically non-stop (not at all true, I’ve listened a lot but not non-stop) and now am something of an expert on the musical stylings of Shark?. Or I hope I am for your sake! Shark? seem to fall in the oft used category of lo-fi pop rock music. This being 2009 and the summer of the lo-fi band it seems like a good time to be releasing tunes like this into the wild, but a lot of people are getting a little tired of it lately. Look at all the critical backlash surrounding folks like Vivian Girls and Wavves and you’ll see what I’m talking about. Lucky for Shark? they remembered the absolute cardinal rule about lo-fi music, that there must be catchy, good tunes underneath the poor recordings to make it all worth while. With tunes like "I’ve Got Friends", "Oh My", and "That Type", Shark? have definitely fulfilled this vital requirement! These are tunes that will not Leave your head no matter how many times you smash it with a hammer. They stick there, they force you to sing-a-long, and you will probably love them more then you love your cat.
The one drawback to falling in love with Shark? is that there’s not a wealth of material to play right now. Their MySpace page makes no mention of any sort of demo or EP, there doesn’t seem to be an LP that you can download from Bolachas Gratis, and forget about finding any vinyl. For now we’ll have to settle for a troika of shows the band have coming up and the tunes posted below for our Shark? enjoyment, and I suppose that’ll have to do. For now.
Shark? - "I’ve Got Friends"
Shark? - "Oh My"
Shark? on MySpace
Upcoming Shows:
July 25th @ Pete’s Candy Store Brooklyn, NY
August 14th @ Bruar Falls Brooklyn, NY
September 18th @ Legion Brooklyn, NY
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