Land Shark: Land Shark

Dallas’s Lance DeSardi’s debut album as Land Shark is a throwback to the days when Al Jourgensen had a sense of humor and you waited eagerly to hear just what industrial-techno shenanigans Chicago’s Wax Trax! label was going to put out next. Too sharp and progressive-sounding to be called retro, DeSardi’s songs are nonetheless built on dancefloor rhythms, analog synthesizer squelches, distorted guitars, and gritty, hell-bent vocals. “If you’re so damn nasty then step into my world”, sings DeSardi on the almost illegally funky electro jam “Tie Me Up”, and it sums up how Land Shark is gutter-dwelling in the best sense. Released in partnership with New York’s Coco Machete label, Land Shark is probably the most edgy record yet to bear the Om stamp. It’s far from deep, but just funky and fun enough to avoid the novelty tag — not unlike the immortal SNL skit Land Shark takes its name from.