Portastatic, The Summer of the Shark - 51m 4s

Tracks & Durations

1. Oh Come Down	5:27
2. In The Lines	3:25
3. Windy Village	2:59
4. Through A Rainy Lens	3:44
5. Don't Disappear	4:49
6. Swimming Through Tires	4:19
7. Chesapeake	3:00
8. Noisy Night	4:39
9. Clay Cakes	4:21
10. Drill Me	3:33
11. Paratrooper	4:45
12. Hey Salty	4:57
13. Untitled (hidden track)	0:57

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Review

Superchunk's Mac McCaughan, cofounder of the American indie institution Merge Records, only releases solo albums when he comes up with a surplus of idiosyncratic songs that don't fit into his regular band's oeuvre. So following the diverse instrumental score for 2001's Looking for Leonard, McCaughan returns with Portastatic's fifth full-length release. The Summer of the Shark is not the tossed-off affair one might expect. It is McCaughan's closest concession to Superchunk's endearing college rock, echoed in its forlorn lyrics ("And here I am with no illusions of our love," he sings on "Paratrooper") and soaring choruses. Sleater-Kinney's Janet Weiss plays a lovely foil on the harrowing "Oh Come Down," while Lambchop's Tony Crow adds elegant piano touches to "Don't Disappear" and "Clay Cakes." --Aidin Vaziri The solo project of Mac McCaughan, known for his work in Superchunk and as co-owner of Merge Records. The latest in a long series of seminal recordings from one of indie rock's most distinguished and prolific songwriters, and the first proper Portastatic full-length since 1997's The Nature of Sap. Far from lo-fi, it's a fully realized musical statement. Guests include Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney, Quasi), Tony Crow (Lambchop), Margaret White (Sparklehorse, North Elementary), Matthew McCaughan, Aaron Oliva, and John Plymale. 12 tracks. 2003.

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