These past couple weeks some really great bands have been drifting by my radar.  This week, I discovered Provo, Utah’s Shark Speed.

Overflowing with wonderfully tangled chords, summersaulting rhythms and vocals that easily hit all the highs without sacrificing the lows, Sea Sick Music keeps you intrigued with unexpected electronic flourishes and subtle touches of brass. Still, the unforgettable melodies and hook-filled choruses are the real show stoppers. For a debut album – for any album – Sea Sick Music is incredibly accomplished and varied, not to mention fun and completely entertaining. [Beartrap PR]

Listen to Battle Born

Sea Sick Music was recorded and produced by Pollen’s Bob Hoag (The Ataris, Dear And The Headlights, The Format) and was self-released by Shark Speed earlier this summer (05/12). It’s available from the band at shows, as well as digitally from iTunes.

Beginning today, Shark Speed will leave for a two week tour of the West Coast in support of its debut full-length, Sea Sick Music.

TOUR

AUG 15 – Ogden, UT @ Mojo’s Cafe
AUG 17 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Woodshed w/ Electron Deception, Small Town Sinners
AUG 18 – Provo, UT @ Foot Loose House w/ Code Hero
AUG 19 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Box Office w/ Neon Trees, Imagine Dragons, more
AUG 20 – Phoenix, AZ @ Modified Arts w/ Five Speed, The Great Migration, The Burn Riders
AUG 21 – San Diego, CA @ Music Trader
AUG 22 – Anaheim,CA @ Three Clubs w/ Oliver Future, Shiloe, Craft Club
AUG 24 – Hollywood, CA @ The Doll Hut
AUG 28 – Nampa, ID @ Flying M Coffee Garage w/ Spondee, The Murders
AUG 29 – Boise, ID @ The Vac w/ Red Jacket Mines
SEP 05 – Provo, UT @ The Velour w/ Delta Mirror