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Shearwater

Just Pushing The Darkness Around

About Me

For up-to-date news, tour dates, etc, please visit the Official Shearwater Website , where you can sign up for our (very occasional) mailing list on the 'contact' page. It's nice over there, really - we're very tired of this worm-eaten, buggy, ad-ridden excuse for a public forum owned by the people who also bring you Fox news, the war in Iraq, and the impending extinction of the polar bear.Oh yes, we almost forgot - our full-length Palo Santo is being reissued in an expanded, remastered, partly re-recorded, repackaged and just totally superior edition by Matador on April 10, 2007. According to the New York Times, it was one of the best records of 2006. For another review, go here .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/3/2005
Band Website: shearwatermusic.com
Band Members: Jonathan Meiburg, Thor Harris, Kim Burke, Howard Draper.
Record Label: Matador
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I can't sheep

Europe was our pinnacle of high quality van cuisine, never has one band spread so many different textures on a rolling stockpile of baguettes. There was much kissing of cheeks, and for good reason. ...
Posted by Shearwater on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:13:00 PST

bilge

Laying low in the desert, where it's been raining for the last few days...car sprang a leak and when I went to open the door this morning there were 4 inches of standing water in the thing.  I ha...
Posted by Shearwater on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:02:00 PST

Palo Santo to be released on May 9th!

Well, here we are, after setting sail a year ago towards the new landscape of another album. The anchor is down. The dinghy deployed. The sheep don't look the same, but we hug them all the same. W...
Posted by Shearwater on Wed, 03 May 2006 08:26:00 PST

SXSW

I've posted the dates and other info of our SXSW-associated shows on the main page.  Hope to see some of you there.  We're looking forward to playing some new songs and stretching out a bit.
Posted by Shearwater on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:52:00 PST

new world

Anyone with a pulse should go see Terrence Malick's new film "The New World".  One of the most beautiful films I have ever seen, and it deserves to be seen in the theater. Watch for the Carolina ...
Posted by Shearwater on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:07:00 PST

It's done. Look out.

The record is finished.  I stamped 'yes' on the master yesterday, so now it goes to press. Should be out in May, with tours to follow.   You're in for some surprises.  Also, I man...
Posted by Shearwater on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:50:00 PST

and a break

And now, a break from the album to go tour with Okkervil for a while.  Back in late November.  So far so good.  Some parts are very, very noisy, others very quiet.  It's still reco...
Posted by Shearwater on Fri, 14 Oct 2005 01:01:00 PST

record

Still working, still working.  It's emerging slowly from the fog.  Back to the submarine, diving, diving.
Posted by Shearwater on Tue, 04 Oct 2005 04:46:00 PST

Pre-album jitters

We're about to start rehearsing and recording the new songs.  Demos were good; I've got instruments set up in my little living room and keep wandering from one to another making adjustments to th...
Posted by Shearwater on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST