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We Versus the Shark

do not flail gentle into that good night.

About Me

You can buy our albums directly from Hello Sir Records below.
They are also available digitally from Emusic.com or iTunes.
Murmurmur is available for free through Quote Unquote Records .

Click the cover to buy our sophomore LP Dirty Versions. (2008)

Click the cover for free downloads of all available songs from our cover collection Murmurmur. (2008)

Click the cover to buy our EP/DVD 2-disc release EP of Bees EP/We Wanted a New Government Not Odd Time Signatures. (2007)

Click the cover to buy our debut LP Ruin Everything! (2005)

Click the cover to buy our split EP w/ Maserati + Cinemechanica. (2004)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/30/2004
Band Website: weversustheshark.com
Band Members: Luke Fields
Scott Smith
Jeff Tobias

Alumna: Samantha Paulsen
Influences:

Sounds Like: you want an obligatory list of big-shit bands we've played with. 'Kay...

Ahleuchatistas
The Apes
Attractive & Popular
Bad Dudes
Big Bear
Birds of Avalon
The Black Lips
BOMB the Music Industry!
Cinemechanica
Dan Deacon
Dark Meat
David Dondero
Dead Confederate
Deerhoof
Ecstatic Sunshine
Elf Power
Enon
I Am the World Trade Center
Look Mexico
Mates of State
Medications
Mike Watt and the Missingmen
Thee Ohsees
Okgo
One Reason
Palomar
Parts & Labor
Pattern is Movement
Ponytail
Pylon
Skeleton Key
So Many Dynamos
Summerbirds in the Cellar
Ted Leo + Pharmacists
The Unicorns
The Usaisamonster
The Valley Arena
Volcano, I'm Still Excited!!
Voxtrot
XBXRX
Young Livers

Record Label: Hello Sir Records / Quote Unquote Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Hey, where’s my free cover song?

If that's what you're asking yourself, the answer is: it's on it's way. Give us about a week. We were going to record it but we decided to go see Bat Man instead.Fall tour with Pegasuses-XL is shapi...
Posted by We Versus the Shark on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:06:00 PST

WVTS on Southern Shelter!

Sloan Simpson, the tireless documentarian of Athens/Atlanta music culture, was kind enough to record our Athfest show at the 40 Watt. You can download the jams right over here: http://southernshelter...
Posted by We Versus the Shark on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:54:00 PST

Future Jams, Unconditional Awareness

Ok, so we played a weekend tour of Florida and it went pretty well!It's a different game, you know? Growing pains. I think our show in Jupiter, Florida and our homecoming show in Athens (with the IN...
Posted by We Versus the Shark on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:59:00 PST

Shark Life Things

Shark Friends--I regret to inform you that I have resigned from my position as "the girl" in We Versus The Shark. It's been over five years of sweaty shows, meeting amazing people, being surrounded an...
Posted by We Versus the Shark on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:56:00 PST

Me, me, me! Is it about me?

If you leave a comment on a page that is a flyer for yourself, it will get deleted! This is possibly my biggest pet peeve (on a long, long list) regarding MySpace. Oh well, no reasoning with robots....
Posted by We Versus the Shark on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:24:00 PST

WVTS ON NPR!!!

We could not be happier to report that Carrie Brownstein somehow stumbled upon our humble band at SXSW and went ahead and played us on her Austin wrap-up on NPR! You can hear us around thirteen minute...
Posted by We Versus the Shark on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:00:00 PST

MTV TO WVTS: "HONK"

We know.
Posted by We Versus the Shark on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:06:00 PST

In Sharklaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand...

Elvis Costello? Anyone? "Clubland?" Nevermind. Our newest addition to Murmurmur is "Dirt in the Ground" by dear old mister Tom Waits. It's one of the more schizophrenic things we've ever done, but hel...
Posted by We Versus the Shark on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:00:00 PST

bands we are playing with on this upcoming tour!

Feast your orbs: Pattern is Movement, Ponytail, Dark Meat, O Death, Mouser, Hi Red Center, Madeline, Skeletonbreath, the Valley Arena, Elf Power, Video Hippos, Dead Confederate, Nana Grizol, Ecstatic ...
Posted by We Versus the Shark on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:33:00 PST

two tracks from DIRTY VERSIONS up y’all’s ear-holes

they sounds pretty okay! as soon as we get artwork this son of a bitch gets pressed.
Posted by We Versus the Shark on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:49:00 PST