Much like their recent material, ‘5AM’ pushes deeper into the emotional and political unrest that runs through the band’s forthcoming debut album Selachimorpha, due June 26.

Driven by tense percussion, jagged guitars and a suffocating atmosphere that feels permanently on edge, ‘5AM’ channels rage, exhaustion and grief into something deeply visceral. The track confronts the lasting trauma of assault and the systemic failures surrounding it, refusing to soften its message or dilute its anger.

“’5AM’ is a visceral account of the suffocating feelings associated with assault; the loss of hope and aspiration in victims as abusers continue to thrive,” the band explain. “The track calls out the hypocrisy and audacity in calling Ireland a feminist nation while such issues continue to prevail.”

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Abrasive, urgent and unapologetically raw, ‘Don’t Trust A Man’ is a snarling statement of intent. Built on jagged guitars and pounding rhythms, the track channels frustration into something visceral and immediate. “‘Don’t Trust A Man’ is an abrasive and raw track lamenting the desperation for women to comfortably just be; to just exist free of the burden and disappointment of living within a gendered social hierarchy,” the band explain, with the song cutting sharply through the absurdities of modern life.

Formed in 2023 and comprised of Nora Staunton (guitar/vocals), Peggy Ford (bass) and Meg Bruce (drums), Shark School have rapidly built a reputation as one of Ireland’s most electrifying live acts. Their sound exists somewhere between the deadpan chaos of Wet Leg and the raw edge of Nirvana, but twisted into something sharp, sarcastic, and laced with biting humour and Catholic guilt.

Selachimorpha:

1. Chondrichthyes
2. Shark Song
3. I’m A Sin
4. Insomnolence
5. Gnashing Teeth
6. Don’t Trust A Man
7. 5am
8. When I See Her

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