LISTEN: Sharkmuffin NEW Single First Date from upcoming debut full-length, Chartreuse

Sharkmuffin's roots are in the choppy, rough waves of the Jersey shore, they met on July 4, 2012 only months before the very beach house in which they met was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.
Turbulent Thrash is a good descriptor of the music Tarra Thiessen (vocals/guitar/theremin/pocket piano) and bassist/vocalist Natalie Kirch make, from The Ventures to early Black Sabbath churned through an undercurrent of surfed up psychedelic power pop.

Following up to their last release “1097” EP, named after the beach house Natalie and Tarra first jammed at they've announced the release of their debut full-length, Chartreuse, enlisting ex-Hole / current Upset drummer, Patty Schemel. The album is due on vinyl, cassette, and digital download on August 7th via NY / NJ-based label State Capital Records and Little Dickman Records.

“Chartreuse is mine and Natalie’s favorite color, but it’s also a liqueur whose recipe is only known by two monks, and each monk only knows half the recipe and has to keep it a secret,” Thiessen says. “All the tracks are really bright, in your face, and obvious like the color, but all lyrically deal with relationship dynamics involving things that for better or worse were hidden from each other.”

Listen to the new flesh tearing, screamer of a single. First Date an intense jangly punked up fast-paced romp stomp much like the date it describes.

Sharkmuffin are:
Tarra Thiessen -  Guitar/Vocals
Natalie Kirch - Bass/Vocals
Patty Schemel - Drums


Need more? Of course you do.

**Streaming Links**
1097 EP, released: 10/23/13
https://soundcloud.com/sharkmuffin/sets/summerhomeep
She-Gods of Champagne Valley EP, released: 04/27/13
https://soundcloud.com/sharkmuffin/sets/she-gods-of-champagne-valley
Sharkmuffin self-titled 7", released 3/01/13
https://soundcloud.com/sharkmuffin/sets/sharkmuffin-7

**Videos**
1097, full EP music video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Yc8wCe174
Foul Play, off 1097 EP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDykY4ZpOVM
Quarter Machine, off 1097 EP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dRJ91q1vPM
Mermaid Sex Slave, off She-Gods of Champagne Valley EP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEWO5v9caro
Sleeping Alone Video Collage 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QZk5Uue8hM
Sister Video Collage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUohm0c69pI
Femebot Video Collage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8G_Mt4BTU8

Sharkmuffin - 1097

"The Brooklyn all female 3-piece outfit Sharkmuffin crafts adorable pop music with jagged, garage-aged fangs. With lyrical subjects including incest, mythical bestiality, and homicidal heroin using femebots, Thiessen's gutsy vocals jump between gentle moans to rough, forceful screams. They melt into Janet LaBelle's crashing cymbals and Natalie Kirch's thudding bass in a harmonious union. Admiration for 90s alternative girl group-esquehooks are paired with heavy 1970s inspired guitar riffs to create the raw sound of these punk rocking debutants. With these guys, it's no secret the end goal is fun. Sharkmuffin doesn't really give a fuck, they just want to have a good time."

Their second release this year 1097 is untamed gritty badassery! Sharkmuffin are Tarra Thiessen singer/guitarist, bassist Natalie Kirch and Sarah Peterson on drums.


Released October 23, 2013

Released April 27, 2013