Fake Shark discography

This is the discography of Canadian alternative, indie pop rock band, Fake Shark. Included in this discography are nine items that are from when the group was officially known as "Fake Shark – Real Zombie!".

Fake Shark discography
Studio albums6
EPs6
Singles27
Music videos21

These items are the group's first three studio albums, four EP's and two compilations respectively released between 2005 and 2014. Besides those items, this discography documents every studio album, EP and single released since 2015 under the name, "Fake Shark".

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details
Zebra! Zebra!
Meeting People Is Terrible
  • Released: August 26, 2009
  • Label: Vinyl Junkie,[2] PHD Canada
  • Formats: CD, digital
  • Released under the name "Fake Shark – Real Zombie!"
Liar
Faux Real
Time for The Future
  • Released: November 5, 2021
  • Label: Light Organ, Warner Music Canada
  • Formats: LP, digital, streaming
Afterglow
  • Released: January 12, 2024
  • Label: Light Organ, Warner
  • Formats: LP, digital, streaming

Compilation albums

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Title Album details
Quadruple Dare: Vancouver Mutilation
  • Released: December 10, 2009
  • Label: Quadruple Dare
  • Formats: LP, digital
  • Note: Four-way split featuring defunct Vancouver bands covering each other's music. The group's contributions were released under the name "Fake Shark – Real Zombie!" [3]
Don't Forget
  • Released: January 28, 2014
  • Label: Light Organ Records, Universal
  • Formats: 2x CD, digital, streaming
  • Note: Compilation of their first two albums; "Zebra! Zebra!" and "Meeting People Is Terrible" plus respective bonus and demo tracks. The band's final release under the name "Fake Shark – Real Zombie!"[4]

Extended plays

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Title Album details
Post Band-aid Nelly
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Self-released
  • Released under the name "Fake Shark – Real Zombie!"
Cursing In Braille
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Self-released
  • Note: Tour EP released under the name "Fake Shark – Real Zombie!"
Style of Substance
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Self-released
  • Released under the name "Fake Shark – Real Zombie!"
Angel Lust
  • Released: January 9, 2009
  • Label: Vinyl Junkie, PHD Canada
  • Formats: digital
  • Note: Four-song sampler of "Meeting People Is Terrible" released under the name "Fake Shark – Real Zombie!"
Walking Through A Fantasy
  • Released: October 26, 2018
  • Label: Light Organ
  • Formats: digital, streaming
House of Mirrors
  • Released: July 10, 2020
  • Label: Light Organ
  • Formats: digital, streaming

Singles

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Song Year Chart Peak Albums
CAN
Alt
[5]
"Monday Tuesday WTF" 2005 - Zebra Zebra!
"Designer Drugs" 2007 -
"Avrl Kadaver" 2008 - Style of Substance
"Angel Lust" 2009 - Meeting People Is Terrible
"Sour Times"
(Portishead cover)
2010 - Non-album singles
"Girls" (featuring Steve Bays) 2012 - Liar
"Get Weird" 2013 -
"Paint It Gold" -
"Perfume" -
"Cheap Thrills" 2015 - Faux Real
"Foreign Christmas" - Non-album singles
"Something Special" 2016 - Faux Real
"Heart 2 Heart" 2017 -
"NOFOMO" -
"Wake Up" 2018 - Walking Through A Fantasy
"Feel Alive" -
"Smile" -
"Invincible" 2019 - House of Mirrors
"Bad Chemistry" 2020 -
"Superstitious Thing" -
"Your Woman"
(White Town cover)
4[6] Non-album singles
"Time for The Future" 2021 - Time for The Future
"Quicksand" -
"Loser" 3
"Paranoid" 2022 7 Afterglow
"Save Me" 2023 1
"Bummer Summer" -
"Exactly What I Thought You Were" 1
"Kinda Like It"
(featuring The OBGMs)
2024 -

Music videos

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Year Title Director(s)
2007 "Monday Tuesday WTF" Vinyl Junkie
2008 "Designer Drugs" Bienvenido Cruz
2009 "Angel Lust" CJ Wallis
2010 "Siamese Disease" Corey MacGregor
2012 "Girls" (featuring Steve Bays) Amani Vice, Jameson Matthew Parker
2013 "Get Weird" Cole Walliser, Lindsey Blaufarb
"Paint It Gold" Ben Knechtel
2014 "Perfume" Emma Higgins[7]
2015 "Cheap Thrills" Steve Bays, David Tomiak[8]
2016 "Something Special" Kevvy, Johnny Jansen
2017 "Heart 2 Heart" Ben Knechtel[9]
2018 "Wake Up" (featuring Fionn) Johnny Jansen[10]
2019 "Invincible" The Soska Sisters[11]
2020 "L-ectric Touch" Hannah Dougherty[12]
2021 "Your Woman" Gretchen Lanham, Matthew Miller
"Quicksand" Steve Bays[13]
"Loser" Sterling Larose,[14] Jacob Andrew Harris
"Feel That Way" (featuring Madison Olds)[15] Steve Bays
2022 "Paranoid"[16] Brandon William Thatcher
2023 "Save Me" Matthew Miller[17]
"Bummer Summer" Arezo "Rizz" Khanjani [18]
"Exactly What I Thought You Were" Lindsey Blane

References

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  1. ^ "Independent Record Label :: Vinyl Junkie Recordings » DISCOGRAPHY » Search". vinyl-junkie.com.
  2. ^ "Independent Record Label :: Vinyl Junkie Recordings » DISCOGRAPHY » Search". vinyl-junkie.com.
  3. ^ "Exclusive: Fake Shark-Real Zombie!, Adjective, the Good News and Junior Major Team Up for Quadruple Dare LP, Celebrate Release with Vancouver Show This Saturday │ Exclaim!". Exclusive: Fake Shark-Real Zombie!, Adjective, the Good News and Junior Major Team Up for Quadruple Dare LP, Celebrate Release with Vancouver Show This Saturday │ Exclaim!.
  4. ^ "Fake Shark Real Zombie Reissue Early Albums as 'Don't Forget' │ Exclaim!". Fake Shark Real Zombie Reissue Early Albums as 'Don't Forget' │ Exclaim!.
  5. ^ https://www.breakingalt.com/historic-charts
  6. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20210116135154/https://www.breakingalt.com/historic-charts
  7. ^ "Fake Shark Real Zombie │ Exclaim!". Fake Shark Real Zombie │ Exclaim!.
  8. ^ Bennett, Kim Taylor (July 6, 2015). "It's Shark Week! So Here's Fake Shark's Video for "Cheap Thrills"".
  9. ^ Weatherby, Taylor (April 11, 2017). "Fake Shark Brings New Single 'Heart 2 Heart' to Life in Colorful Video: Premiere".
  10. ^ "Wake Up - Fake Shark | Music Video". Robin Winnett Tilby.
  11. ^ Gingold, Michael (December 12, 2019). "Exclusive debut: The Soska Sisters' music video for Fake Shark's "Invincible"". Rue Morgue.
  12. ^ https://bsidesbadlands.com/fake-shark-lectric-touch-video-review/
  13. ^ "VIDEO PREMIERE: Fake Shark - Quicksand". www.xsnoize.com. August 5, 2021.
  14. ^ Vu, Jenny (September 17, 2021). "Fake Shark Explore the Addiction of Making Life-Destroying Choices in Their New Single 'Loser' | Eat This Music".
  15. ^ brimstin, chelsea (November 5, 2021). "Indie88 Premiere: Fake Shark are ready to party on new single 'Feel that Way'".
  16. ^ "Fake Shark shares a music video for their single, "Paranoid"". October 18, 2022.
  17. ^ "[Video] Fake Shark drops cinematic music video for latest offering 'Save Me" – EARMILK".
  18. ^ Deaf, Last Day (July 20, 2023). "Listening Now : Fake Shark – Bummer Summer".