Fake Shark Real Zombie Reissue Early Albums as 'Don't Forget'

BY Gregory AdamsPublished Jan 7, 2014

Vancouver's Fake Shark Real Zombie are still getting plenty weird by supporting their 2013 album Liar with some upcoming tour dates, but the eccentric outfit are also about to place the spotlight on their past work via a new two-for-one package of older records.

Titled Don't Forget, the two-disc collection arrives January 28 through Light Organ Records. Included are the band's spazzy 2007 debut LP Zebra Zebra and sophomore follow-up Meeting People Is Terrible, as well as a host of era-specific B-sides and demos.

"The idea of older material seeing the light of day is exciting in that, you can see the progression of where our sound has gone, and while it's much different, it makes a lot of sense," vocalist Kevvy Mental said in a statement. "We've always been a band proud to wear our influences on our sleeve, and we're no different now than we were then. Where we may have had a Bad Brains double time break, we'd probably have an Everything Everything 3 over 4 part now. The spirit is the same." 

Down below, you'll find all the tracklist info, as well as the band's upcoming Canadian tour schedule. Up above, you'll see the Mike Shantz-delivered artwork, which apparently presents caricatures of longtime members Mental and guitarist Wu kickin' it on a couch surrounded by a panoply of psychedelic swirls, blood-flecked bones and castles, and a vampiric worm with a bowl cut.

Don't Forget:

Disc 1:

1. Wolf is The New The
2. Panty Party Handcramp
3. Crystal Compass
4. Shame On You Scabs
5. Designer Drugs
6. Eenie Meanie
7. Dialtone (Shoreditch Vampire)
8. Dead DIY Die
9. Monday Tuesday WTF
10. Ferrets Buellers Day Off
11. Pair of Dice 
12. Unusual Dorsal Features
13. Birthday! Birthday!
14. Black Cloud (SNFU cover)
15. Drunk Lip (Junior Major cover)
16. Pair of Dice (demo)

Disc 2:

1. Six Sick Suck 
2. Avril Kadaver
3. Siamese Disease
4. Running For the Razors
5. Jewelry
6. Angel Lust
7. Horses In Heaven
8. Sestri Levante
9. Puke Rawk
10. Cherry Lava
11. Love Lice 
12. Don't Forget
13. Lush
14. Meeting People is Terrible
15. Avril Kadaver (demo)
16. Angel Lust (demo)
17. Siamese Disease (demo)
18. MPIT CRAPPY LAPTOP KEVVY WRITING DEMOS

Tour dates:

03/05 Hamilton, ON - Bay City Music Hall
03/06 Ottawa, ON - Mavericks
03/07 Toronto, ON - Adelaide Hall
03/08 Peterborough, ON - The Historic Red Dog
03/09 London, ON - London Music Hall
03/13 Thunder Bay, ON - Black Pirates Pub
03/15 Winnipeg, MB - Park Theatre
03/16 Regina, SK - The Exchange
03/18 Saskatoon, SK - O'Brians Event Centre
03/21 Edmonton, AB - Avenue Theatre
03/22 Calgary, AB - The Den
03/24 Red Deer, AB - Memorial Theatre
03/27 Vancouver, BC - Rio Theatre

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