We Versus the Shark
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Biography
The band formed in March 2003, and is composed of several multi-instrumentalists who trade instruments and all sing during live shows. Their debut full-length, Ruin Everything!, was released in January 2005 on the label Hello Sir. An EP followed in 2007. The band have recently released a new album "Dirty Versions" on November 17, 2008. The band have also released an album of cover songs on Quote Unquote RecordsQuote Unquote Records
Quote Unquote Records is a donation-based online independent record label, founded and run by Bomb the Music Industry! and The Arrogant Sons of Bitches frontman Jeff Rosenstock. The label is an example of Rosenstock's DIY ideals...
featuring songs by bands as diverse as Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
, Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears are an English new wave band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, they were initially associated with the New Wave synthesiser bands of the early 1980s but later branched out into...
, The Matt Kurz One and Television
Television (band)
Television was an American rock band, formed in New York City in 1973. They are best known for the album Marquee Moon and widely regarded as one of the founders of "punk" and New Wave music. Television was part of the early 1970s New York underground rock scene, along with bands like the Patti...
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Members
Current-- Luke Douglas Fields - guitar, vocals
- Jeffrey Daniel Tobias - bass, keyboards, vocals
- Scott Philip Smith - drums
Former-
- Samantha Erin Paulsen - guitar, vocals
Discography
- Split EP with Cinemechanica and MaseratiMaserati (band)Maserati is a band from Athens, Georgia, United States whose sound is best described as a combination of post-rock and psychedelic influences. Their music is instrumental, relying on the standard rock instrumentation of guitar, bass, and drums...
(Hello Sir, 2004) - Ruin Everything! (Hello Sir, 2005)
- EP of Bees EP (Hello Sir, 2007)
- Dirty Versions (Hello Sir, 2008)
- Murmurmur (Quote Unquote RecordsQuote Unquote RecordsQuote Unquote Records is a donation-based online independent record label, founded and run by Bomb the Music Industry! and The Arrogant Sons of Bitches frontman Jeff Rosenstock. The label is an example of Rosenstock's DIY ideals...
, 2008) http://quoteunquoterecords.com/qur017.htm