The Shackeltons had all the makings of a band to watch about five years ago - great reviews, blistering live shows and tastemaker radio championing the band.  All of that was sadly sidelined when singer and principal songwriter Mark Redding got word of his mom's terminal cancer diagnosis.  Mark decided to put everything on hold so he could spend whatever time she had left at her side only recently returning to playing music.  Here is the outfit's first release since 2008, a fine slice of post-punk from PA titled "Records."

Spin said this of the band: "What makes bands like Pixies, Fugazi, and Les Savy Fav so exciting -- and what makes the Shackeltons, from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, similarly thrilling -- is a breathlessness, a creeping sense that crouched behind the towering melodies and heard-'em-before razor guitars (think Television, in addition to the aforementioned bands), there's complete breakdown. A half-dozen times on their debut, the Shackeltons sound completely convincing, and that's about six more times than most bands ever manage."

They have a brief run of tour dates confirmed:

April 11 Chambersburg, PA   Orchard's
April 12 Philadelphia, PA  Ortlieb's Lounge
April 13 Brooklyn, NY  Europa
April 15 Cambridge, MA  TT The Bear's
April 18 Lancaster, PA  Launch Music Conference