Shearwater have released several superb albums of beautifullycomposed songs, and the decision to record an album of covers both intrigued and disappointed me. Thankfully, their approach goes further than take a loud song. Jet plane and oxbow is the eighth studio album by the austin, texas, band 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.
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. Translations in context of shearwater in englishgerman from reverso context. Shearwater black is the colour free download by alex gallacher 6 february, 2014. 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. The most frequent installer filenames for the program include. Okkervils singer and guitarist, will sheff, and backup vocalist and accordionkeyboard player, jonathan meiburg formed shearwater so they could write softer, more folkinfluenced music. 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. 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. This new 10song collection, fellow travelers, finds shearwater. 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. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. The term fellow traveller also fellow traveler identifies a person who is intellectually sympathetic to the ideology of a political organization, and who cooperates in the organizations politics, without being a formal member of that organization. Fellow travelers by shearwater vinyl, nov20, sub pop. It was meant to be a small thing to release between animal joy and the next fulllength.
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. I dont know the original versions of any of the songs on the cd, so approached them as new material. Shearwater, fellow travelers in highresolution audio. Shearwater is an american indie rock band from austin, texas, led by multi instrumentalist and. Read on wikipedia edit history talk page print download pdf. Plus, listen to fellow travelers, buy the album and find live dates in london for shearwater here. This charming covers album surveys artists with whom shearwater have. 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. Fellow travelers wasnt supposed to be a fulllength record, so im a little surprised to admit that its my favorite shearwater album so far. 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.
In 20, fellow travelers was released on sub pop, a shearwater album consisting entirely of cover. Shearwater black is the colour free download folk radio. Our song of the day is from shearwater who perform the traditional folk song black is the colour. 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. The result is an album that highlights the shared efforts and purposes of shearwater and the artists with whom they perform. 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 shearwater s eighth studio outing will be forgiven for thinking that theyre listening to jonathan meiburgpenned originals. 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.
Each of its 10 songs pays tribute to an artist with whom the band has toured. In 20, fellow travelers was released on sub pop, a shearwater album consisting entirely of cover songs by bands that shearwater had toured. With cloud computing shearwater divers will be able to link their network of mobile devices and share information between them. Given that musicians tend to tour with likeminded peers, its no surprise that fellow. The fellow travelers concept is interesting and original at least. Cuirt literary festival goes virtual with lineup of free online events. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Its been an exciting six months since the campaign for the new shearwater album smashed all our expectations. This new 10song collection, fellow travelers, finds shearwater covering xiu xiu, coldplay, clinic, st. Shearwater a wake for the minotaur, from the new album fellow travelers. Shearwater was formed by two bandmembers of austin, txs okkervil river. 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. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. 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.
Shearwater fellow travelers there are plenty of good reasons to listen to shearwater. Our software library provides a free download of shearwater desktop 3. Shearwater a wake for the minotaur w sharon van etten fellow travellers sub pop, 20 note. 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. Shearwater is an american indie rock band from austin, texas, led by multi instrumentalist and lead singer. After releasing last years animal joy, shearwater are returning with a covers album titled fellow travelers.
In the early history of the soviet union, the bolshevik revolutionary trotsky coined the term poputchik one who travels the same path to. 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 downloads dive computer dive log software. Includes unlimited streaming of fellow travelers sub pop, 20 via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3. 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. Shearwater fellow travelers 20, loser edition, yellow marbled. For those in the us the fellow travelers tour kicks off this month on which they are joined by jesca hoop. Stream shearwater black is the color by sub pop from desktop or your mobile device. 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. Check out the tracklist below, as well as a stream of xiu xius i luv the valley oh. Shearwater released the album on both cd and vinyl, with the vinyl version having a bonus track called north col. Shearwaters new album, fellow travelers, is built around a neat gimmick. Fellow travelers is not really a measure of shearwaters writing so much as its orchestration skills. Shearwater on fellow travelers the complete interview.
Beginning in 2005, sheff lessened his role in the band, leaving meiburg as the band. 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. It was released on january 22, 2016, under the sub pop label. Listen free to shearwater fellow travelers our only sun, i luv the valley oh and more. Interestingly, the title seems to let you know who. Shearwater why i love my home songs for charles burchfield other buy now. It was meant to be a small thing, maybe a homerecorded ep, to release between animal joy and the next fulllength for which. Theres the bands admirably expansive ambitions, almost proglevel for an indie rock band. Jet plane and oxbow by shearwater, released 22 january 2016 1. Download fellow travelers by shearwater in highresolution audio at available in mqa and 88. Shearwater fellow travelers vinyl lp shop music direct. Powerful simple reliable 2020 shearwater research unit 250, 155 delf place, richmond, bc v6v 2a2, canada tel 604.
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