Album Notes

Out of the tradition that began with Rites of Spring, and has continued on through Sunny Day Real Estate and Braid, Sharks and Minnows plays passionate, driving rock. However, the band's varying influences meld together to produce a sound that deserves more than the "emocore" tag that's placed upon its predecessors. The band's sound owes just as much to the pop/punk Replacements / Husker Du tradition.

Sharks and Minnows has its beginning in early 1999 when Christopher Simony and Chad Splangler, one-time high school classmates and long-time bandmates, recruiting Daniel Heisel, another former classmate in a punk band, to join their band. The band immediately hit upon the right formula, and the band committed several songs to tape at Red Lab in Atlanta. The best material of the session found its way onto the EP, Julie et Cetera, which is now available.

Sharks and Minnows' first live show, interestingly enough, was at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC, on a bill that included Biz Markie! More recently, the band has played on bills that have included the Dismemberment Plan, the Alkaline Trio, the Pinehurst Kids, Songs:Ohia, Star Ghost Dog, Diffuser, and Phaser.