The Shanks turn 10 with a re-recorded version of one of their very first tracks, "Bridge of Sighs", produced by Darryl Neudorf. www.theshanks.ca

Bridge Of Sighs (X Version)

Premiering "Prisons of Ecstasy", brand new album by Canada's The Shanks, produced in Sweden by Nicke Andersson. Second single: INCARCERATION MAN! www.theshanks.ca

Prisons of Ecstasy

Incarceration Man

Track from the upcoming Oct. 14th Deluxe Edition release of Canada's post-punk duo The Shanks. "Black Jack" is one of the twelve (?) songs off of "Prisons of Ecstasy", produced by Nicke Andersson (ex-Entombed, Hellacopters, Imperial State Electric) and released via Here to Everywhere Entertainment. www.theshanks.ca

Black Jack

Following on the heels of the heretofore unknown success of "Prisons of Ecstasy" (prod. Nicke Andersson), the SHANKS return from tour in Spain to team up with Canadian hitmeister Matt DeMatteo (Big Wreck, Danko Jones) to create the new single "Turning Turk" which delves deeper into the zeitgeist of the band... helmsman Pistolwhip von Shankenstein sings like a dog-legged choirboy about fine stemware, cakes, heavy ordnance and leftist political machination, always embodying the state as his eternal love interest. The track, with vintage synth punch, glittering breakdowns and streaming chant, frame the new SHANKS in a tougher yet more tailored stance that re-invigorates the soaring melodicism, roving harmonic structure and violent pounding of the original formula... the shape of things to come in this potent new production direction for the band.

Turning Turk (Single)

Turning Turk

Founded on a farm in Mono, Ontario, Canada, in 2005 by Ian Starkey, aka St. Pistolwhip von Shankenstein XVIII, The Shanks are a blistering rock duo comprised of bass and drums, with Jody Brumell aka Colonel Crankshaft rounding out the line-up. 

A combination of 1970s album-oriented rock and proto-punk with their very own unique zeitgeist, The Shanks belt out melodic chordal arrangements amidst a sea of low end and pounding rhythms. It’s haunting, tribal arena-rock played on a basement floor, hailed by Germany’s Rolling Stone magazine for both their songs and attitude on their last album, “Surfing the Lexicon”, produced in Canada by Sir Ian Blurton and released via Phratry Records in the US.

To commemorate The Shanks’ 10th anniversary, The Shanks are teaming up with Nicke Andersson (Imperial State Electric, ex-Hellacopters/Entombed, multi-instrumentalist and record producer) in Sweden to record what will be The Shanks’ fifth full-length studio album, working title “Prisons of Ecstasy”.