Album Notes

Shark Bait is Magnet's third album. David Lowery from Cracker and Camper van Beethoven produced the album at his studio, Sound of Music, in Richmond. He recruited some local friends and bandmates, Johnny Hickman and Bob Rupe from Cracker and Jonathan Segal from Camper to help create an eclectic array of sounds. The album features the guitar playing of Bryan Harvey (ex-House of Freaks and Gutterball).
The sounds range from the very mellow atmospheric "Rule Me" to the harder hitting "Rope." We used some fun studio tricks like recording on micro-cassete to get tape warble. "Shave Your Head" has a nice drum loop, pop chorus, and assorted odd sounds - and the album closes with the Morphine cover of "The Saddest Song" - featuring Moe Tucker on drums and an eerie falsetto vocal double.
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