Desert Strings and Drifters

by Sharks Keep Moving

Desert Strings and Drifters cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: 1998-01-01
  • Label: Second Nature Recordings
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 27:01
  • Community rating: 3.41/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Nathan Turpen, Jake Snider

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Seattle band Sharks Keep Moving's 'Desert Strings and Drifters' EP, produced by Matt Bayles, applies jazz-inflected guitar interplay and odd time signatures to post-rock structures. Guitarist Jake Snider later formed Minus the Bear, carrying the EP's melodic approach into that band.

Genres

Descriptors: uncommon-time-signatures, melodic, lo-fi, jangly, emotive

Tracklist

  1. Try to Sleep (5:02)
  2. Cashmere, Washington (5:20)
  3. All Out Of… (2:27)
  4. Arizona (14:12)

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