As "Fake Shark", the group have released three studio albums via Light Organ; Faux Real (2017),[2] Time for the Future (2021)[3] and their most recent, Afterglow on January 12.
[11] Fake Shark was conceived by producer/songwriters, Kevin "Kevvy Mental" Maher and Louis Wu in September 2005, as a way of combining the styles of the bands they liked in hopes to one day open for them.
[12] Having met while attending a fine arts high school in Langley, British Columbia, the pair formed "Fake Shark – Real Zombie!"
[13][14] The group would quickly gain a cult following online and overseas after making strong connections in the United Kingdom and touring with short-lived British dance-punk band, Test Icicles (featuring a then unknown Dev Hynes),[15] and eventually end up joining them on stage during their infamous final show on April 22.
would tour internationally to sold-out dates and festival appearances between Japan, the UK and North America in support of the album [25][21] and further garnered the group even more considerable exposure to a bigger audience and high-profile fans including, former Black Flag singer, Henry Rollins, who named Fake Shark – Real Zombie!
[36] The album's expansive list of producers and collaborators included Bays, Dave Ogilvie, Henry Rollins, Greig Nori, Jimmy Urine, Care Failure of Die Mannequin, Adaline, Japanese Voyeurs, and The Birthday Massacre.
concluded the year releasing the single, "Can't See You" featuring Danny Lohner, formerly of Nine Inch Nails (under his artist pseudonym "Renholdër") for the soundtrack of The Soska Sisters' 2014 horror film See No Evil 2 starring WWE professional wrestler, Kane on November 10, 2014.
[41] In 2015, the band would refine their sound even further and officially change their name to "Fake Shark" following the release of their debut single "Cheap Thrills", on July 10.
[42][43] The single, produced by Steve Bays,[44] premiered via DJ Chris Hawkins' BBC 6 Radio show in the UK[45][46] and would later go on to be featured in an Apple ad campaign entitled "Close Your Rings" in promotion of the company's Series 2 Watch.
[47][48] Fake Shark embarked on a pair of back-to-back North American tours supporting Die Mannequin and Edmonton hard rock band, Royal Tusk respectively between Fall 2015 and Spring 2016.
Following House of Mirrors, they would release a cover of 1997 one-hit wonder, "Your Woman" by the British musical artist, White Town on November 27, 2020[64] that would chart to #4 on Canadian alternative radio.
[70] In the midst of the album's release, Fake Shark would also be featured on the fourth season of American literary podcast, Storybound on Jul 20, 2021, with their music interspersed and remixed by Jude Brewer, over narrated excerpts of the book "The First Ten Years: Two Sides of the Same Love Story" by Joseph Fink and Meg Bashwiner of Welcome to Nightvale fame.
[76] All the singles would receive considerable airplay on Canadian radio with spins by terrestrial stations, such as; The Verge SXM, Sonic 104.9, 102.1 The Edge, The Zone @ 91-3,[77] X92.9 Calgary, and X100.7 Red Deer.
Fake Shark would also be featured in the horror film, Festival of the Living Dead released Apr, 5 2024 exclusively through Tubi, directed by The Soska Sisters.