shearling

Fish Tank Promotions is proud to present Los Angeles-based experimental noise rock outfit Shearling with Shrive at The Aquarium in Fargo on Saturday, September 26.

8 PM doors • 8:30 PM music • 21+ event

Serving as a spiritual continuation of the now-defunct Sprain, Shearling exhibits the reunion of a now decade-old collaborative force between guitarists Alexander Kent and Sylvie Simmons. A subsequent recruiting of percussionist Andrew Chanover, bassist Wesley Nelson, and Keyboardist Elizabeth Carver filled out their orchestrally minded roster. The band was mostly quiet for its first year of existence, avoiding live performances to instead focus on their brazen debut ‘Motherfucker, I am Both: “Amen” and "Hallelujah"…’ The record retains Sprain’s characteristic commitment to intensity, further mutated through a newfound lens of collagist approach. Featuring only a single, hour-plus-long song, Motherfucker is a demanding exhibition of uncompromising ethos. Shearling’s aggressive live performances and meticulous recordings demonstrate an ambition, audacity, and emotional vulnerability that few contemporary bands can parallel.

"Shearling present a work that could grow to be one of the great cult albums of alternative music." - Beats Per Minute

"Calling Motherfucker both a wildly bold and ambitious debut would still be an understatement" - New Noise Magazine

Shrive is heavy noise rock from Minneapolis. Debut EP “Leach” out now.