Joe Gideon & The Shark to właściwie Gideon Joel Seifert i żaden rekin (ang. shark), ale Viva Gideon czyli Viva Seifert. Rodzeństwo wcześniej współtworzyło grupę Bikini Atoll. Ich ówczesny album "Liar's Exit" z 2005 roku miksował sam Steve Albini.

Ciekawostką jest, że Viva brała udział w Olimpiadzie w Barcelonie (1992 r.), w konkurencji gimnastyka artystyczna (ze wstążką). Obecnie gimnastykuje się razem z wieloma instrumentami muzycznymi, a jej brat do tego śpiewa.

Dla fanów: Nicka Cave'a, PJ Harvey, The Gun Club, The Black Keys.


Recenzja z NME:

8 / 10 Facts about this album:
* Viva Gideon, aka The Shark, represented the UK in ribbon gymnastics in the Barcelona Olympics.
* Joe Gideon & The Shark both used to be in Bikini Atoll, who were produced by Steve Albini.


Album review:

Joe Gideon and his sister Viva (aka The Shark), formerly of Bikini Atoll, have become a drums/guitar platform for Joe’s spoken-word stories of surreal woe. Sounds shrug-worthy? Well, it’s astonishing. Somehow they’ve alchemised an epic album from the hypnotic voodoo blues of The Gun Club, the shamanic gabbling of Patti Smith and some damn good gags. ‘DOL’ sounds like early PJ Harvey; ‘Harum Scarum’ is The Black Keys looking for God. Both are bone-rattling, but the real magic’s in their slowies. ‘Kathy Ray’ is a beautifully melancholic tale of a washed-up singer, while ‘True Nature’ is like Autolux doing a Nick Cave murder ballad. By turns ethereal and fleshly, this album showcases an inspired new band with fire at their fingertips.
Martin Robinson

Klip "Civilisation":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb3-f55Gs1k&feature=plcp