Sharkmuffin
Sharkmuffin | |
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 Photo by Dave Cromwell. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Genres | Garage punk, grunge rock, surf rock |
| Labels | Dazzleships Records, State Champion Records, Little Dickman Records, Exploding in Sound |
| Website | www |
| Members | Jordyn Blakely Natalie Kirch Tarra Thiessen |
Sharkmuffin is a rock band that is from New York City.
History[edit]
Sharkmuffin is a garage and surf rock trio from Brooklyn, New York City, New York. The band is composed of drummer Jordyn Blakely, bassist and vocalist Natalie Kirch, and guitarist and vocalist Tarra Thiessen.[1] Their music is described as "Brooklyn garage noise pop" and "blitzkrieg bop, rust-tinged rock and acid-soaked surf monster punk," and classified as grunge, psychedelic and hard rock.[2][3][4] Sharkmuffin cites influence from Nirvana and the Ramones.[5] The group formed at a Jersey Shore beach house, and released three EPs in 2013, Sharkmuffin, 1097 and She-Gods of Champagne Valley, with Dazzleships Records.[4]
The single "Mondays" was released on 7 July 2015, and was featured on the radio station NPR's podcast All Songs Considered, who note that it is "coated thick on the beachy vocals."[6] They released their debut ten-track album Chartreuse on 7 August 2015, which featured former Hole drummer Patty Schemel. Noisey calls the album "catchy garage jams with a pop edge."[5] The title-track is described by the The Aquarian Weekly, as "the sound of a thousand hornets[,] tearing through dangerous curves of unabridged and psychedelic dervish raunch."[3] Drummer Sharif Mekawy and guitarist Davey Jones joined Sharkmuffin on tour in support of the album.[5] Tsuki, Sharkmuffin's second album, was released with Little Dickman Records on 5 May 2017, and features drummer Kim Deuss.[7] The song "Scully is a Sharkmuffin" was mostly improvised and recorded live, and is their "ode to The X-Files."[8] A review from Speak Into My Good Eye compares the album to the music of the Ronettes, Tacocat, Screaming Females and Chastity Belt, and says they are "supremely tight [with] a driving hooky sound that produces these intense little earworms that you never want to slip your mind."[9] Touring in support of the album featured drummer Drew Adler and guitarist Chris Nunez.[1]
In July 2017, Sharkmuffin released an eight-track split cassette tape with the Off White, entitled Sharkmuffin & the Off White with Little Dickman Records. A second pressing of Tsuki was released on Little Dickman Records, which contained two new tracks with drummer Jordyn Blakely, in July 2018. The song "Big" was featured in the Showtime comedy series Shameless episode, "Black-Haired Ginger," which originally aired on 7 October 2018.[10] A concept record, the five-track EP Gamma Gardening releases on cassette tape with Exploding in Sound on 5 April 2019. It is a science-fiction narrative about Serpentina, a receptionist at a gene editing laboratory, mother-to-be, and space dominatrix.
Discography[edit]
- Albums
- Chartreuse (2015)
- Tsuki (2017)
- EPs
- Sharkmuffin (2013)
- 1097 (2013)
- She-Gods of Champagne Valley (2013)
- Sharkmuffin & the Off White (2017)
- Gamma Gardening (2019)
References[edit]
- Citations
- Bibliography
- The Big Takeover Staff (13 April 2017), "Song Premiere: "Scully is a Sharkmuffin" by Sharkmuffin", The Big Takeover, archived from the original on 15 April 2017
- Conte, Chelsea (8 May 2017), "Album Review: Sharkmuffin – Tsuki", Speak Into My Good Eye, retrieved 31 March 2019
- Girlie Action Staff (2017), "Tsuki", Girlie Action, retrieved 31 March 2019
- Good, Dave (10 February 2016), "Grunge-punk trio Sharkmuffin set up at Soda Bar Wednesday night", San Diego Reader, retrieved 31 March 2019
- Henry, Dusty (31 July 2015), "Brooklyn punks exude their exceptional brashness", Consequence of Sound, retrieved 31 March 2019
- Joyce, Brittany (29 May 2017), "We Talked to Sharkmuffin about Their Killer Style", Paste, retrieved 31 March 2019
- Kaplan, Ilana (13 July 2015), "We Made "Sharkmuffin" Flavored Ice Cream with Brooklyn's Coolest Surf-Rock Band", Noisey, retrieved 31 March 2019
- Lyford, Joshua (2 July 2015), "Sharkmuffin brings unique blend of surf, pop and rock to The Firehouse", Worcester Magazine, retrieved 31 March 2019
- Makin, Bob (4 May 2017), "Makin Waves' Record of the Week: Sharkmuffin's 'Tsuki'", Institute for Nonprofit News, retrieved 31 March 2019
- Mehalick, Mike (2017), "Sharkmuffin's "Liz Taylor"", Impose, retrieved 31 March 2019
- Patrick, Rob (12 February 2016), "Interview w/ Sharkmuffin", CinemaSpartan, retrieved 31 March 2019
- Pfeiffer, John (5 August 2015), "Shoreworld: Sharkmuffin – Chartreuse", The Aquarian Weekly, retrieved 31 March 2019
- Presley, Katie (7 July 2015), "Song Premiere: Sharkmuffin, 'Mondays'", NPR, retrieved 31 March 2019
- Showtime Staff (2018), "Black-Haired Ginger", Showtime, retrieved 31 March 2019
- Stader, Andrew (6 April 2017), "Sharkmuffin Offers Single from Upcoming Sophomore Effort 'Tsuki'", The Deli, retrieved 31 March 2019
- Terwilliger, Chipp (2016), "Sharkmuffin, Water Water and Thundering Asteroids", The Portland Mercury, retrieved 31 March 2019
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Sharkmuffin discography at Discogs
