Fort Atlantic - Shadow Shaker, Vol. 1 (2017)

Recorded in a secret location on the Oregon coast, SHADOW SHAKER, VOL. 1 tells of perseverance in the face of unrelenting trials. Crashing waves of cymbals and guitars frame lush forests of analog synths, mirroring the landscape of Black’s adopted home. Primal motifs in the lyrics (darkness, water, sunlight) evoke the anxieties of life in 21st-century America, themes that presaged the storms to come.


In 2015, the band was abruptly dropped from their label, the newly-completed record still unreleased.


As old plans were scrapped and new plans hatched, Black’s pregnant wife went into emergency labor. They spent two long months in the NICU. Those songs of perseverance and hope, recorded for the rejected album just six months prior, were newly visceral.

The album was released on the band’s own Hot Garbage label in October 2017. The video for Bathed In Sunlight is an Official Selection in the 2018 Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, and was submitted for a 2017 Grammy Nomination.

Tracklist:

1. I Will Never Give Up On You 04:35
2. Just Hold On 05:23
3. Face the Night 08:15
4. Shadow Shaker 04:44
5. I Still Run 04:25
6. Bathed in Sunlight 05:24
7. Back to You 06:11
8. Passing Time 04:47
9. Sleeping Giant 03:01