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Shearwater was formed by two bandmembers of Austin, TX’s Okkervil River. Okkervil’s singer and guitarist, Will Sheff, and back-up vocalist and accordion/keyboard player, Jonathan Meiburg formed Shearwater so they could write softer, more folk-influenced music. Band members today include Jonathan Meiburg, Thor Harris, Kim Burke, Jordan Geiger, and Kevin Schneider.

To date, Shearwater has released seven full-length albums—‘The Dissolving Room’, ‘Everybody Makes Mistakes’, ‘Winged Life’, ‘Palo Santo’, ‘Rook,’ ‘The Golden Archipelago,’ and ‘Animal Joy,’—as well as EPs, ‘Thieves’ and ‘The Snow Leopard,’ and a split album with Okkervil River entitled ‘Sham Wedding/Hoax Funeral.’

Beginning at some point in 2005, Will Sheff lessened his role in the band. Jonathan Meiburg wrote the entirety of Palo Santo. As a biologist, Jonathan has a particular perspective. The songs of Palo Santo were partly written at the Galápagos Islands in the footsteps of Charles Darwin.
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  • Lamprog

    I think I understand that. Hidden Lakes especially is such a song, for me. ;) And sorry to disappoint you, "lampróg" is just the Irish word for firefly, so no hommage to Lambchop. :D

    Thursday evening

  • TheHochhaus

    indeed, Lamprog (btw is this name a hommage to lambchop?) anyway I could see the sky even when I was looking to the ground and just listen...

    9 days ago

  • jkade

    http://www.ardentstudios.com/musicblog/2012/05/17/the-warm-up-with-shearwater/ < cover of St Vincent's Cheerleader and more.

    11 days ago

  • Lamprog

    A beautiful quote from Daytrotter: "It's those moments that Meiburg tends to bring us to the most, in Shearwater songs - those places that demand that we just sit down and shut up. We're supposed to just listen to the house breathe, to us breathe within the spine, the elbows and the eaves of a breathing house. We should hear the water drip like an embarrassing afterthought in the sink, just as the blood drips unexpectedly from our nose - both proof that things are broken and still alive at the same time."

    13 days ago

  • Lamprog

    @TheHochhaus: Well, that is nice! There is nature in their music, isn't there? Wide open spaces and lots and lots of sky. :)

    14 days ago

  • xJake_Guitarx

    "Animal Joy" is simply beautiful. One of the best albums of the year, no doubt! It honestly, should be way more popular than it should be. It's just perfect!

    14 days ago

  • Siouxlex

    Like your Daytrotter session. Thanks.

    14 days ago

  • TheHochhaus

    easier by letting me breath air without opening any windows and thereby getting a cold ;)

    16 days ago
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22 Apr 2011 | from shearwater.flux-rad.com

Our promised big news at last: we’ve signed to Seattle’s Sub Pop records. We’re proud to be joining their excellent roster, and excited about the new album we start recording in a few short weeks. …

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