Video: Shark Speed - I'm a machine

Shark Speed From: Envy(NV), Utawe(UT), Utah, United States Utah indie band Shark Speed are so math rock they're positively geometrical, if pythagoras formed a band they'd sound like Shark Speed, probably! Shark Speed manage to be progressive, intricate and jazzy without straying into the self indulgent noodling that can infect their fellow math rockers like a virulent strain of musical Diarrhoea. Just when you thought it was safe to [...]

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• Shark Speed - I'm a Machine

Last month, my esteemed Ripple colleague, the Pope, started a new column titled "Flashback to Tomorrow," to drop some praise on a couple of bands that were bringing familiar sounds from the past kicking and screaming into the present day. Loving the idea, I decided to jump on board with two more bands, steeped in the sensibilities of days of yore, but updated with a modern edge for 2009. Shark Speed - Sea Sick Music As soon as I popped Shark Speed [...]

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 [...]