Here Be Electric Joy, by Shark Club

Here Be Electric Joy

by Shark Club

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1.	Cough Drops 03:09	buy track
2.	Daddy Durant 02:46	buy track
3.	Bill Murray 02:29	buy track
4.	4 Cups In 03:23	buy track
5.	Nervous Smile 03:18	buy track
6.	Walk (Red Light, Green Light) 03:13	buy track
7.	Streetlights 02:35	buy track
8.	Next Year 03:16	buy track
9.	The Way Back 03:48	buy track
10.	Undertow 03:23	buy track
11.	Floyd Ave 03:41	buy track

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Here Be Electric Joy, promises the title of New Jersey emo quartet Shark Club’s newest LP. It does not disappoint, with high energy barn-burners like “Bill Murray”, which guarantees a smile out the gate with it’s count-in of “one-two-Scooby Doo”. Yet underneath the goofy jokes and uptempo grooves, there is an underlying sense of sorrow and yearning permeating the tracklist. From the nostalgic opener “Cough Drops” to the melancholy lead guitars bubbling over the closing track “Floyd Ave”, co-vocalists and songwriters Russell Cerminaro and Jake Britton bare insecurities and regrets across the record’s 36 minute run time, with help from the indomitable rhythm section of David Juro (drums) and Eric Ciparis (bass).
This specific blend of sad self reflection and irresistible silliness is a winning formula for Shark Club, and one long time fans will recognize from their last release, 2017’s “National Dog Day” EP. In the 4 years since the group’s celebration of the canine holiday, they have found themselves spread across the east coast for school and jobs. Reuniting occasionally to hit the studio with producer Ethan Farmer (Gus Dapperton, Sleepy Freak, Elephant Jake), the creation of Electric Joy was a slow but rewarding process. Overcoming hurdles of damaged hard drives and global pandemics, the remnants of this process sneak into the final product in on songs like “Walk (Red Light Green Light)”, which opens with Jake’s disclaimer that his vocals were recorded in his bathroom.
Despite the obstacles plaguing this record, the titular Joy in it’s 11 songs comes from the genuine friendship shared between the band, a unique brand of comradery that comes with spending an entire adolescence together making records and playing shows. It is the kind of closeness that inspires you to dress up as characters from the entire Bill Murray discography with a confident smile on your face, and as you enter the world of Shark Club’s Electric Joy, it’s hard not to share in that smile.
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released September 24, 2021

Written by: Shark Club
Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by: Ethan Farmer
Mastered by: Andy Clarke
Recorded, mixed, and mastered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania & South Brunswick, New Jersey

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