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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.
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.
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.
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.
Tracks:
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
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