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Here Be Electric Joy

by Shark Club

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Emily S. it really is electric joy! Favorite track: Nervous Smile.
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1.
Cough Drops 03:09
Punch myself square in the face to keep me rounded. I just feel so stupid. I could beat myself up over things I did back when. Let's go back to when you said you liked my shoes and I had nothing to lose. All the pity, all the shame. I know I never felt this way. I will not rest until you're found. I'll keep my ear close to the ground. I'm not getting any younger; I have much to learn. I figured you could read your favorite stories over a cup of coffee. I want to be the one who holds your hand when you don't think that you can go alone. You seem so alone. Love yourself as much as I do. Keep your head held high, I want to see your face in fluorescent lights like when I pass you in the hall.
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Daddy Durant 02:46
The middle's not half bad when you're around it cause you're surrounded by all of the things you shouldn't miss and they remind you what's right behind you. A headshake, a loss of words. You find it hard to get away. A headshake, a loss of words. You find it hard, why can't you stay? You find it hard, why can't you stay? You find it hard why can't you... You're on the ground again and there's a warning you find quite boring and embarrassing to say to all your friends will they understand? yeah will they understand? A headshake, a loss of words You find it hard to gain control A headshake, a loss of words You find it hard to gain control A headshake, a loss of words You find it hard to gain control A headshake, a loss of words I really loved you why can't you stay? I really loved you why can't you stay? I really loved you why can't you stay with all the people you love? Climbing into spaces you trust I bite my tongue, I bite my tongue, I bite my...
3.
Bill Murray 02:28
It's about that time. My eyes fixated on the exit sign. Don't budge until I see some blurry lines. Finally sneak outside to get in my car and hide. I don't want to let go. I've been in my head, haven't slept well in weeks. Call me crazy; call me maybe. Keep it all inside. I don't want to let go of the shit I love most. Don't want to end up like a fucking zombie on Groundhog Day. It's all the same, we all want luxury and fame. We could all get rich on bitcoin or make ourselves a name. No one told me life would be this way, doing the right thing, but never getting paid.
4.
Four Cups In 03:23
I am so tired, I could get coffee, you know that I'll start shaking. Anxious feelings, prescriptive healings, what a mess you're making here. Yeah in my home, take off your shoes, you start to glow. Here, yeah in my room, is where I go to places no one ever knows. Yeah no one knows... Slap yourself to stay awake, it's how things go nowadays. Want me to elate? Fuck, fine I feel great. You should try this shit, it's all the craze. And when you wake up you'll feel young. Yearning to speak. Dispelling harm. And no foggy brain. We won't see the sun now. It's always dark and cold, and dark and cold. Dark and cold and you're never around. Open your eyes now. You can't keep digging your own grave. Drag everyone in and then expect them to do the same.
5.
I was amazed. I saw your face projected on the wall beautifully displayed. She had your eyes and nervous smile. It consumed me. That's when I knew... I sit on the floor of my kitchen poking at pineapple with a plastic fork. That's when I knew that you were around for a reason. I never felt this way before. Not to fear, we'll never be like them. The world goes by and I imagine we'll talk all night until I fall asleep. And when I wake up you're still next to me.
6.
Red light, green light all around You can't get out of this two-star town You pray that God won't leave you now Yeah pray that he won't leave you out to dry On the corner of 4th and Hyde Feels like a good day to die But I really love your smile And I really love those eyes Yeah mine are fixed on yours Three drinks in on our old front porch Smoke a little weed to pass the time Yeah smoke a little weed and things will feel alright. I won't get surprised when you walk I won't get surprised when you walk I won't get surprised when you walk, out. Out of here is where we'll go Yeah to the beach a sunny shore Close your eyes, you feel just fine A dropped watch, we're all passing time Cause time is fleeting don't you know? No matter where we call our home And what if we don't see it through? And what if the one is not you? How do you know that you're alive if you don't know that you can die? And you say you will call it life But I say I won't call it mine. I won't get surprised when you walk I won't get surprised when you walk I won't get surprised when you walk, out. We all live and we all learn And you got all that you deserved And I'm still here waiting on mine Well, I'm content just passing time.
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Streetlights 02:35
Walk out of your house late at night, chomping at the bit just to be home. Everybody's moving so slowly, at a pace they're comfortable. Streetlights bury me in the darkness they don't cover. I've made the same mistakes too many times before. Streetlights bury me and suffocate. Looking for solitude I found some peace in my parked car. I'll play it over in my head. Everybody's moving so slowly.
8.
Next Year 03:26
Wake up and try to breathe Today is easier than it may seem Stand up, and start to bleed I guess this is what we call routine And if I'm going crazy Then it's already next year And I'm still in the same place 20 years, 20 beers over the few nights or so And don't forget the smoke It fills your lungs and you could never let it go And if I'm going crazy Then it's already next year And I'm still in the same place And if I stop and look back, will I turn into stone? Or, am I already too far gone? For my own good, for our own good Holy shit, what I would give to be good
9.
The Way Back 03:39
Why do I feel so unprepared (and kind of scared)? Lie to myself every single day (like it's okay). It's hard to see, but some things never fucking change. And I don't know where I'm supposed to go. I still don't know just how far I'd go. I don't need footsteps to follow or look back on.
10.
Undertow 03:22
I've been sitting in my room for the past hour or so imagining I'm swimming and get lost in the undertow. Then Tom walks in and asks me if I want to go and watch some waves. And I'll say "no." I can feel the walls when I spread my arms out wide. And I can hear them talk about me on the other side. Believe me, if I had a choice I wouldn't be here. It's gonna be a long year. Look at my reflection in the empty TV screen, thinking about school and home and everything in between. Sipping Miller and chewing Twizzlers until I fall asleep. The promises I have to keep to everyone relying on me to be who they want me to be.
11.
Floyd Ave. 03:55
You say you know me How do you know me? Is it better than I know myself? Oh, is it better than I know myself? You say you want me How do you want me? Baby, you can pick and choose Oh, well baby you can pick and choose You said it on the internet What does it matter? She hasn't even read it yet You say you love me Why do you love me? I just get so confused, I just get so confused You say you hate me Why do you hate me? I think I know why you do, I think I know why you do You said it on the internet What does it matter? She hasn't even read it yet Not yet, not quite yet Not yet, quite yet Not yet, quite yet In your head, in your head I forget, I forget In your head, in your head, in your head, we were laughing the whole time We were laughing the whole time

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Here Be Electric Joy, promises the title of New Jersey emo quartet Shark Club’s newest LP. It does not disappoint, with high energy barn-burners like “Bill Murray”, which guarantees a smile out the gate with it’s count-in of “one-two-Scooby Doo”. Yet underneath the goofy jokes and uptempo grooves, there is an underlying sense of sorrow and yearning permeating the tracklist. From the nostalgic opener “Cough Drops” to the melancholy lead guitars bubbling over the closing track “Floyd Ave”, co-vocalists and songwriters Russell Cerminaro and Jake Britton bare insecurities and regrets across the record’s 36 minute run time, with help from the indomitable rhythm section of David Juro (drums) and Eric Ciparis (bass).
This specific blend of sad self reflection and irresistible silliness is a winning formula for Shark Club, and one long time fans will recognize from their last release, 2017’s “National Dog Day” EP. In the 4 years since the group’s celebration of the canine holiday, they have found themselves spread across the east coast for school and jobs. Reuniting occasionally to hit the studio with producer Ethan Farmer (Gus Dapperton, Sleepy Freak, Elephant Jake), the creation of Electric Joy was a slow but rewarding process. Overcoming hurdles of damaged hard drives and global pandemics, the remnants of this process sneak into the final product in on songs like “Walk (Red Light Green Light)”, which opens with Jake’s disclaimer that his vocals were recorded in his bathroom.
Despite the obstacles plaguing this record, the titular Joy in it’s 11 songs comes from the genuine friendship shared between the band, a unique brand of comradery that comes with spending an entire adolescence together making records and playing shows. It is the kind of closeness that inspires you to dress up as characters from the entire Bill Murray discography with a confident smile on your face, and as you enter the world of Shark Club’s Electric Joy, it’s hard not to share in that smile.

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released September 24, 2021

Written by: Shark Club
Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by: Ethan Farmer
Mastered by: Andy Clarke
Recorded, mixed, and mastered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania & South Brunswick, New Jersey

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