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 [FTS] Sharks Keep Moving - Sharks Keep Moving MP3 VBR 160

Formerly of State Route 522, Nineironspitfire and Kill Sadie, Sharks Keep Moving formed with the musical intentions of leaving behind the hardcore of their previous bands, while adding a complex flow of abrasive indie. Incomparable to the likes of Karate and Don Cabalerro, Henry's Finest Records debuted the bands first EP as a split with Kentucky's Pistol in 1998. Following the EP Desert Strings And Drifters that same year, Status Records released Sharks Keep Moving first self-titled full-length in 1999.

[Mike DaRonco , All Music Guide]

Grossly underrated in the mainstream though frequently name-dropped in hardcore circles, Sharks Keep Moving takes the experimentalism and shifting structures of math rock and crafts them into abrasive but thoughtful indie rock. The band's full-length debut finds a contemplative tempo and quirky lyrics carrying the rock outfit into spacious and powerful compositions akin to Minus the Bear and Karate. From the sleepy, country-tinged "Join Up" to the sprawling, ten-minute-long "Third Instrumental," these punks from bands like the Blood Brothers and Kill Sadie prove that they craft richly progressive downtempo tunes with the best of them. These songs seem to float a few feet off the ground, complexly imagining what could be.

[Review by Charles Spano, All Music Guide]

1. Sailor
2. Second Instrumental
3. Join Up
4. First Instrumental
5. Interlude
6. Open Bay
7. Third Instrumental
8. Jet's Jets