The Summer of the Shark by Portastatic (CD, Apr-2003, Merge)new sealed

Detailed item info
Album Features
UPC:    036172952526
Artist:    Portastatic
Format:    CD
Release Year:    2003
Record Label:    Merge
Genre:    Alternative, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Oh Come Down
2. In the Lines
3. Windy Village
4. Through a Rainy Lens
5. Don't Disappear
6. Swimming Through Tires
7. Chesapeake
8. Noisy Night
9. Clay Cakes
10. Drill Me
11. Paratrooper
12. Hey Salty
13. [Untitled Hidden Track] - (hidden track)

Details
Playing Time:    51 min.
Distributor:    Alternative Dis. Alliance
Recording Type:    Studio
Recording Mode:    Stereo
SPAR Code:    n/a

Album Notes
Portastatic: Mac McCaughan (vocals, various instruments).Additional personnel: Janet Weiss (vocals); Tony Crow (piano); Margaret White (violin, viola); John Plymale (trombone); Aaron Oliva (bass); Matthew McCaughan (drums, background vocals); Phil Morrison (handclaps).Recorded between September & November 2002.Personnel: Janet Weiss, Mac McCaughan (vocals); Margaret White (violin, viola); John Plymale (trombone); Tony Crow (piano); Matt McCaughan (drums, background vocals); Phil Morrison (hand claps).Recording information: At Home (09/2002-11/2002); Duck Kee Studios (09/2002-11/2002).Nearly 10 years into his alternative tenure as Portastatic, Superchunk frontman Mac McCaughan was still seeking respite in these sort-of-solo musings. And the results are wildly different from the rough-hewn genre scrapings of his early career. SHARK is as expertly produced as anything McCaughan has done, burning out speakers on distorted ragers like "Windy Village" and moving down disarmingly poppy paths on harmony-happy songs like the opener "Oh Come Down." Generally speaking, things go nowhere but up as the album progresses, even as its mood meanders from pretty to pissed to plaintive, a testament to McCaughan's by-now refined talents as a songwriter. "Don't Disappear" is SHARK's ultimate moment, marrying his whimsical urges with melodies that actually stick, providing Portastatic with an album as poignant as any Superchunk has released.