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Summer of the Shark (album)

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Released
  
April 8, 2003

Artist
  
Portastatic

Producer
  
Mac McCaughan

Genre
  
Indie rock

Summer of the Shark(2003)
  
Bright Ideas(2005)

Release date
  
8 April 2003

Label
  
Merge Records

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Portastatic albums, Indie rock albums

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Summer of the Shark is Portastatic's fourth studio album. It was released on Merge Records on April 8, 2003.

Contents

The album was recorded at the home of Mac McCaughan in North Carolina except for "Hey Salty" which was recorded by Jerry Kee at Duck Kee Studio in Mebane, North Carolina. The album was mixed at Overdub Lane with John Plymale.

The album includes contributions from Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney and Tony Crow of Lambchop.

According to McCaughan, Summer of the Shark "is kind of a concept album about 9/11."

Summer of the shark coastal wind blue


Track listing

  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"
  13. "[Untitled Hidden Track]"

Songs

1Oh Come Down5:28
2In the Lines3:25
3Windy Village2:59

References

Summer of the Shark (album) Wikipedia
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