Summer of the Shark is Portastatic

Portastatic

Portastatic is an American indie rock band founded in the early 1990s by Mac McCaughan. Portastatic began as a solo project for McCaughan, lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Superchunk...

's forth studio album. It was released on Merge Records

Merge Records

Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records...

0n April 8, 2003.


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 "features an array of fabulous guests as Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney and Quasi and Tony Crow of Lambchop."



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

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]"