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Artist: Sharks
Album: Selfhood
Label: Rise Records
Playtime: 31:22 min
Genre: Punk Rock
URL: http://www.facebook.com/sharksuk
Rip date: 2013-10-13
Street date: 2013-04-30
Size: 60.60 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 257 kbps / 4410Hz / Joint Stereo
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In September 2012 Sharks began recording demos for a second studio album,
which they hoped to finish writing by the end of the year. According to
Mattock the band was "focusing on getting the best songs we can [..] out there
as quickly as possible".
Recording for the new album, produced by Lewis Johns at the Ranch,
Southampton, started on 26 November 2012 and was completed within two weeks.
According to James Mattock, "The whole approach with this record from the
beginning was to have the process be very reckless and fun, and for every
decision and idea not to be pondered on or over thought". He also said that he
had written "most of the lyrics in a room above a morgue in [...] an old
Victorian building with no heat, running water, or bathroom", and that these
were "the most intimate and personal songs I've written - thus Selfhood is the
most fitting title." Mattock has also explained that Billy Childish's
literature had influenced his writing on Selfhood and that one of the songs,
'Pale', was about Childish.
Selfhood (the title of the new album was revealed on Twitter on 22 February
2013) features 11 songs and was released in the UK on the 29 April 2013 and in
the United States on 30 April 2013. The Japanese edition features five bonus
tracks (four demos of album tracks and one cover, 'My Drug Buddy', originally
by The Lemonheads).
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01. Selfhood ( 2:18)
02. Your Bloody Wings ( 2:36)
03. Portland ( 2:27)
04. I Won't Taint ( 3:14)
05. The More You Ask Me, The Less I'm Sure ( 3:13)
06. Sunday's Hand ( 2:12)
07. 22 ( 2:58)
08. Pale ( 3:03)
09. Gold ( 2:47)
10. Room With A Grey View ( 2:42)
11. My Wild One ( 3:52)
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