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Breaking Artist: The Shackeltons

January 30, 2008 5:56 PM

Who: Five twitchy post-punk (pink) flag-bearers from sleepy Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Sounds Like: The Shackeltons provide a stout combination of clean, straight-lined production and cacophonous bursts of sound on their self-titled debut. Their blasts of angst, which are equal parts danceable bliss and seering noise, are held together by the jittery, literate lyrical musings of frontman Mark Redding.

Three Things You Should Know:

  1. The band is named after Earnest Shackleton, an explorer who most notably attempted to cross Antarctica on foot in the early 1900s.

  2. The band has a few obvious influences (Pixies, Joy Division), but according to guitarist Dan Schuchman, the group also draws inspiration from soul crooner Otis Redding and gutteral rapper Busta Rhymes.

  3. Redding’s stage presence can get quite manic — he will often collide with his bandmates onstage. In one early gig, he had a bit of his scalp and some of his hair taken off by a ceiling fan.

Get it: The band’s self-titled debut is available for download at iTunes. Check out the video for "The Breaks,” directed by Sam Jones (the same man responsible for Wilco’s I Am Trying To Break Your Heart film) above.


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8 Comments


hamish | February 4, 2008 4:10 AM

shackleton may well have been earnest, but his name was ernest.

MB | February 2, 2008 10:25 AM

From a guy too old for the club scene, it's great to see local bands getting national attention.

All the best, guys!

MB | February 2, 2008 10:25 AM

From a guy too old for the club scene, it's great to see local bands getting national attention.

All the best, guys1

sawfi | January 31, 2008 2:49 PM

:D sweeet :)

i swearrr ill go to your next show :)

hugs!

ms. lee | January 31, 2008 1:57 PM

the shackeltons are a tidal wave upon my heart.

thanks for this write-up on the insipiring men of the Shackeltons.

cburgwashup | January 31, 2008 10:35 AM

being from chambersburg, its nice to see what the shakletons have become. congrads folks!

joss carter | January 31, 2008 10:09 AM

this makes me so happy! see you boys in nyc!!!

jasun | January 31, 2008 6:06 AM

congrats shackeltons!

been hearing you guys a lot on kexp. i'm sure we'll probably end up playing a show together one of these days.. til then, cheers!

jasun - voyager one

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