Shark Speed on tour, new album "Sea Sick Music" Provo, Utah's Shark Speed have embarked on a two week tour of the West Coast in support of its debut full-length " Sea Sick Music ". Overflowing with wonderfully tangled chords, summersaulting rhythms and vocals that easily hit all the highs without sacrificing the lows, Sea Sick Music keeps you intrigued with unexpected electronic flourishes and subtle touches of brass. Still, the unforgettable melodies [...]
Today's Cougar pick are a band hailing from Utah, Nevada and Arizona, just in case one state doesn't satisfy you. Shark Speed describe their music as 'progressive' though personally I prefer to go with melodic 'post-punk with pop sensibilities'. Listening to debut album 'Sea Sick Music' it is immediately that these boys are incredibly competent [...]
With the cold spell and the rain coming back to our shores, now seems a perfect time to showcase a few of the artists that showcase the other, slower, deeper and darker side of electronic music. Pegase starts of the mix with a track that has soundtracked some of my more personal and introspective moments over the last few months after Bec over at Electrorash picked him up. Slow epic and atmospheric electronic movements demonstrating his skill makes Pegase one of the most [...]
Lame, Pulp Fiction-(un)inspired joke refs aside, it's time to make a dent in the electronic stack of music that has developed over here. It's diverse and tasty in places, so let's jump into the undergrowth and see what lurks within............. First out of the hat pop Melbourne's appropriately monickered Ouch My Face . Their eponymous debut EP wastes little time [...]
It's unusual to think that the strange 90s nostalgic rock of Shark Speed could actually sound better than the original source material. It's even more unusual to wonder who would want to recreate that era anyway. And yet their debut album 'Sea Sick Music' is crossing that fine line from the safety zone of generic indie rock into unknown waters. To those familiar, Sea Sick Music will sound similar to the mid 90s emo rock with a significant catch; it's had over a decade to mature and improvise on. The album wastes no time in making clear its [...]
Another lovely round-up of independent artists you ought to be listening to! Recommend your favourite indie artists in the comments. You can check out the rest of the installments this ongoing series here . The Watermarks - Indie / Alternative / Electronica - Texas, USA Some of the coolest music I've heard in ages, the Watermarks have made their EP Thoughts Like Bombs available for stream/download at their official site ! A little post-punk, a little [...]
Shark Speed Sea Sick Music (self-released) www.myspace.com/sharkspeedrawk s Either Provo, Utah is way behind or way up on the next curve, as this is a throwback to what late 90s emo showed us. In that regard, Shark Speed is completely on target as that stuff is/was completely better than any emo-tagged Facebook message might lead you to believe. That isn't completely fair, because Shark Speed also borrows heavily from Minus The Bear. Again, that's absolutely one of the best influences to [...]
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