Cerberus Shoal

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Cerberus Shoal formed in the fall of 1994. Caleb Mulkerin had relocated from his native South Portland, Maine to Boston in order to join Chriss Sutherland and Thomas Rogers who were both attending universities in the area. All three were fresh from the American high school system and aspiring to begin a new way of life as well as a musical group. At that time, the fourth member, guitarist Josh Ogden, traveled weekly from Falmouth, Maine to Boston for rehearsals. The group played its first show in March of ‘95 at the renowned NYC punk space ABC No Rio. Working through the do-it-yourself punk scene of Ebullition Records and “Book Your own Fucking Life”, this first incarnation of Cerberus Shoal released a self-titled 12-inch record and toured the U$A through the summer of 1995.
In the latter part of ‘95 the second incarnation of the group formed with the arrival of Kristen Hedges from Columbus, Ohio. Hedges took the place of Ogden on guitar. Within the next six months, the singles “Lighthouse in Athens Part One and Two” as well as the full length CD “And Farewell to Hightide” were written and recorded. Philadelphia’s Tree Records released “…Hightide…” in the summer of ‘96, which also included the newest member, New Jersey native, David Mulder playing piano, organ and conga. This seemingly complete group toured throughout the summer only to lose Hedges who returned to Ohio come fall.
Once again, the group was left shorthanded and new material had to be created.

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Top Tracks

1	Myrrh (Waft) full track	10
2	Harvest full track	8
3	Myrrh (Loop) full track	7
3	Myrrh (Reprise) full track	7
3	Apatrides full track	7
6	Sole Of Foot Of Man full track	6
6	rain	6
6	Nod full track	6
6	The Land We All Believe In	6
10	Telikos II full track	5
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periwinkler wrote:
Thursday morning

miss you all together on stage time for a reunion, huh?

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charpraie wrote:
last month

Great....

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Ambugation wrote:
last month

The Land We All Believe In blows my load.

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ulinvodnaar wrote:
August 2008

Omphalos just blows my mind to the point of tears!!!!

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mitre wrote:
July 2008

For those who like Cerberus Shoal, you should check out Fire On Fire, which is Caleb, Colleen, and Chriss of Cerberus Shoal, Tom of Tarpigh (and formerly of Cerberus Shoal), and Micah Blue Smaldone. http://www.myspace.com/fireonfiremusic

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adamcooleyisdea wrote:
July 2008

Ohh, I'll have to check out big blood now.

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nadirauxpommes wrote:
July 2008

I agree with that. Just listen to Big Blood in parallel.

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adamcooleyisdea wrote:
June 2008

makes every other "new weird america" or whatever band look like a fuckign joke.

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Tzadeck wrote:
June 2008

The Land We All Believe In remains my favorite album--but everyone knows that Ding is their best song! (On the Alvarius B split)

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praisingfolly wrote:
May 2008

Giving The Land We All Believe In a listen (first one) right, now, and if it keeps up the quality of the first song... wow. Could become my favorite. Until then, 1. EoS/Permanence, 2. Cerberus Shoal, 3. Bastion of Itchy Preeves, 4. Mr. Boy Dog, 5. Chaiming the Knoblessone, 6. Homb. Love them all though.

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praisingfolly wrote:
May 2008

My favorite is the s/t atm, but I need to listen to all of them more.

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Judge2k3 wrote:
May 2008

Chaiming the knoblessone is one of the oddest albums I've ever heard... that was a strange leap to go from Homb to this, I feel like I missed a lot.

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adamcooleyisdea wrote:
April 2008

okay, i changed my mind. best album is the alvarius b split... if only for that 18 minute song!!

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adamcooleyisdea wrote:
April 2008

This band's amazing. I can't decide if I like mr. boy dog or chaiming the knobblesome best. Can anyone upload the fire on fire album somewhere and give me a link.....

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ulinvodnaar wrote:
April 2008

Homb is the most intricate and thoughtful album that i have heard in quite some time! Blown away i am!!

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forkbanger wrote:
April 2008

Just discovered these guys today, what an amazing body of work. Got a lot of listening ahead of me.

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praisingfolly wrote:
March 2008

Awesome awesome awesome band.

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BackwardsBoy wrote:
March 2008

i wish i had this band name

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schizodanny wrote:
March 2008

I don't know, they're quite a startling band. I love how they've moved around from post-Slint-ness to Jackie-O aesthetics.

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Sapila wrote:
February 2008

icarusrising, your iq must be less than your miopia

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