Shearwater's music has always seemed to bring a flare for the dramatic along with it. The Austin TX band's albums are generally chock full of slow and dynamic songfare; the kind that seem the result of momentous occasions and important, personal revelations (so too do their
performances). Their latest album
The Golden Archipelago very much follows suit, as does their first video to emerge from that record.
Titled "Hidden Lakes", the video pairs singer
Jonathan Meiburg in a show down with the band's mythically named, drummer
Thor....though Meiburg's isolated journey to that point in time comprises most of this gorgeously shot video. The desert, the mountains, abandoned homesteads, loneliness, isolation...you'd want what Meiburg wants back as well. -
David Pitz
The Golden Archipelago is out now via Matador. They also have plenty of shows on the horizon, listed below:
Shearwater on Tour:
* 02/26/10 Diksmuide, B @ 4AD
* 02/27/10 Hamburg, D @ Knust
* 02/28/10 Berlin, D @ Magnet Club
* 03/02/10 Munich, D @ 59 to 1
* 03/03/10 Geneva, CH @ L'Usine (PTR)
* 03/04/10 Fribourg, CH @ Nouveau Monde
* 03/05/10 Milan, I @ La Casa 139
* 03/06/10 Montpellier, F @ La Taf
* 03/07/10 Barcelona, ES @ La (2) de Apolo
* 03/08/10 Madrid, ES @ Moby Dick
* 03/24/10 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
* 03/25/10 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
* 03/26/10 Washington, DC @ Rock N' Roll Hotel
* 03/27/10 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
* 03/28/10 Philadephia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
* 03/30/10 Boston, MA @ TT The Bears
* 03/31/10 Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rosa
* 04/01/10 Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace
* 04/02/10 Ithaca, NY @ Castaways
* 04/03/10 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern
* 04/04/10 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
* 04/06/10 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar
* 04/07/10 Grinnell, IA @ Grinnell College
* 04/08/10 Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck
* 04/09/10 Norman, OK @ Opolis
* 04/10/10 Dallas, TX @ The Loft
* 04/22/10 Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
* 04/23/10 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
* 04/24/10 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
* 04/25/10 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
* 04/27/10 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
* 04/28/10 Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore
* 04/29/10 Seattle, WA @ Triple Door
* 04/30/10 Pullman, WA @ The Belltower
* 05/01/10 Boise, ID @ Neurolux
* 05/02/10 Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room
* 05/04/10 Denver, CO @ The Walnut Room
* 05/07/10 Austin, TX @ The Parish
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Shearwater: Live at Florence Gould
Shearwater on Myspace