Shearwater is an american indie rock band from austin, texas, led by multi instrumentalist and. Check out the tracklist below, as well as a stream of xiu xius i luv the valley oh. Jet plane and oxbow by shearwater, released 22 january 2016 1. Vincent, folk implosion and other contemporary indie rockers. In 20, fellow travelers was released on sub pop, a shearwater album consisting entirely of cover songs by bands that shearwater had toured with. Given that musicians tend to tour with likeminded peers, its no surprise that fellow. Shearwater released the album on both cd and vinyl, with the vinyl version having a bonus track called north col. Shearwater on fellow travelers the complete interview. In the early history of the soviet union, the bolshevik revolutionary trotsky coined the term poputchik one who travels the same path to. Heres what shearwater s own jonathan meiburg has to say about fellow travelers fellow travelers wasnt supposed to be a fulllength record, so im a little surprised to admit that its my favorite shearwater album so far.
The result is an album that highlights the shared efforts and purposes of shearwater and the artists with whom they perform. Its been an exciting six months since the campaign for the new shearwater album smashed all our expectations. Shearwater fellow travelers 20, loser edition, yellow marbled. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Download fellow travelers by shearwater in highresolution audio at available in mqa and 88. Listen free to shearwater fellow travelers our only sun, i luv the valley oh and more. Jet plane and oxbow is the eighth studio album by the austin, texas, band shearwater. On shearwater s version of the song, the second track on the bands mostly covers record, fellow travelers, frontman jonathan meiburg reaches that moment, only to sing the note in the. Stray light at clouds hill this is definitely shearwaters biggest and loudest recordits easy to imagine these songs roaring from the stagebut its also their. Shearwater have released several superb albums of beautifullycomposed songs, and the decision to record an album of covers both intrigued and disappointed me.
Fellow travelers wasnt supposed to be a fulllength record, so im a little surprised to admit that its my favorite shearwater album so far. This charming covers album surveys artists with whom shearwater have. After releasing last years animal joy, shearwater are returning with a covers album titled fellow travelers. In 20, fellow travelers was released on sub pop, a shearwater album consisting entirely of cover. In 20, fellow travelers was released on sub pop, a shearwater album consisting entirely of cover songs by bands that shearwater had toured. Includes unlimited streaming of fellow travelers sub pop, 20 via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3. Fellow travelers, an album by shearwater on spotify. In fact, all ten cuts, including the lone new original, the sharon van ettenassisted a wake for the minotaur, are so steeped in the austin, texasbased outfits signature. Shearwater black is the colour free download by alex gallacher 6 february, 2014.
The fellow travelers concept is interesting and original at least. Each band that was covered on the album was also invited to play on the album, under the condition that they could not play on their own song. Shearwater will be in the uk and europe during april may. Listeners who are unfamiliar with any of the definitive versions of the nine covers that appear on shearwaters eighth studio outing will be forgiven for thinking that theyre listening to jonathan meiburgpenned originals. Our software library provides a free download of shearwater desktop 3. Listeners who are unfamiliar with any of the definitive versions of the nine covers that appear on shearwater s eighth studio outing will be forgiven for thinking that theyre listening to jonathan meiburgpenned originals. Shearwater a wake for the minotaur w sharon van etten fellow travellers sub pop, 20 note. It was meant to be a small thing to release between animal joy and the next fulllength. Our song of the day is from shearwater who perform the traditional folk song black is the colour. Thankfully, their approach goes further than take a loud song. Cuirt literary festival goes virtual with lineup of free online events. And so one of the records that we had was this sooty shearwater, which undergoes these spectacular migrations all the way from new zealand all the way up to alaska and back again in search of endless summer as they complete their life cycles. Shearwaters new album, fellow travelers, is built around a neat gimmick. Austin rockers shearwater have announced the release of a new album called jet plane and oxbow, the followup to 2012s animal joy and 20s covers comp fellow travelers.
Shearwater a wake for the minotaur, from the new album fellow travelers. Shearwater why i love my home songs for charles burchfield other buy now. Okkervils singer and guitarist, will sheff, and backup vocalist and accordionkeyboard player, jonathan meiburg formed shearwater so they could write softer, more folkinfluenced music. Shearwater black is the colour free download folk radio. Beginning in 2005, sheff lessened his role in the band, leaving meiburg as the band. Taking into account the greatness of 2008s rook, austin, texas band shearwaters output over the past five years has been solid but fairly by the numbers. Shearwater downloads dive computer dive log software. This new 10song collection, fellow travelers, finds shearwater covering xiu xiu, coldplay, clinic, st. Shearwater fellow travelers vinyl lp shop music direct.
Shearwater is an american indie rock band from austin, texas, led by multiinstrumentalist and lead singer jonathan meiburg the band was formed by two members of okkervil river, backup vocalist and accordionkeyboard player jonathan meiburg and singer and guitarist will sheff, so they could write quieter songs. Translations in context of shearwater in englishgerman from reverso context. Read on wikipedia edit history talk page print download pdf. Shearwater was formed by two bandmembers of austin, txs okkervil river. I dont know the original versions of any of the songs on the cd, so approached them as new material.
Interestingly, the title seems to let you know who. Each of its 10 songs pays tribute to an artist with whom the band has toured. The most frequent installer filenames for the program include. This is a very different record for us, as its composed almost entirely of holiday favorites songs by bands weve toured with over the years, reimagined and renovated. Heres what shearwaters own jonathan meiburg has to say about fellow travelers fellow travelers wasnt supposed to be a fulllength record, so im a little surprised to admit that its my favorite shearwater album so far.
On november 26, 20, sub pop will release fellow travelers, our second fulllength record for them, just in time for you to give it away to friends and loved ones. Theres the bands admirably expansive ambitions, almost proglevel for an indie rock band. On shearwaters version of the song, the second track on the bands mostly covers record, fellow travelers, frontman jonathan meiburg reaches that moment, only to sing the note in the. Shearwater, fellow travelers in highresolution audio. It features contributions from composer brian reitzell best known for his soundtrack work on sofia coppola films, wye oaks jenn wasner, abram shook, howard draper. Fellow travelers by shearwater vinyl, nov20, sub pop. Plus, listen to fellow travelers, buy the album and find live dates in london for shearwater here. This new 10song collection, fellow travelers, finds shearwater. With the exception of the albums opener, the soft piano ballad our only sun, the overall sound of fellow travelers leans more toward the chaotic rock n roll of shearwaters latest.
Stream shearwater black is the color by sub pop from desktop or your mobile device. With cloud computing shearwater divers will be able to link their network of mobile devices and share information between them. Shearwater is an american indie rock band from austin, texas, led by multi instrumentalist and lead singer. It was released on january 22, 2016, under the sub pop label. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Powerful simple reliable 2020 shearwater research unit 250, 155 delf place, richmond, bc v6v 2a2, canada tel 604. For those in the us the fellow travelers tour kicks off this month on which they are joined by jesca hoop.
Shearwater fellow travelers there are plenty of good reasons to listen to shearwater. Belied by the lushness of its studio records, shearwater is a road hound, putting down countless odometer miles on good years, and its to this pursuit that fellow travelers is dedicated. Shearwater leader jonathan meiburg invited each of the bands covered on fellow travelers to play on the album, provided they did not play on their own song. It was meant to be a small thing, maybe a homerecorded ep, to release between animal joy and the next fulllength for which. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod.
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