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02-09-2010, 05:52 AM
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Incredible new record from Shearwater 2010
The Golden Archipelago
hear it here til Feb 23rd http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...406907&sc=emaf Shearwater's delicate, dramatic new album, The Golden Archipelago, wasn't built for earbuds or tinny car stereos: This is immersive, artful music, meant to be examined in-depth from every angle. As if to prove that point, singer-guitarist Jonathan Meiburg assembled an elaborate and appropriately oblique 75-page "dossier" to go with deluxe editions of the record. (The first 10,000 CDs come packaged with a 50-page perfect-bound book of dossier of records, photos, regulations, and images on islands, displaced peoples, immigration records and more.) Filled with maps, charts, art and photos, the dossier only enhances the otherworldly mystery of music that fuses instrumental majesty and natural beauty. A working bird scientist when he's not slogging through clubs with his ace backing band — bassist Kimberly Burke, versatile drummer and multi-instrumentalist Thor Harris, and frequent collaborators Kevin Schneider and Jordan Geiger — Meiburg isn't afraid to infuse his arty rock with field recordings and the terminology of ecology, and to let his ambitions sprawl in ways both gentle and gargantuan. Shearwater is fearless in its seriousness and often awe-inspiring loveliness: As The Golden Archipelago finds him examining humanity's complex relationships with nature, Meiburg's whispers can hit like screams, and when he screams, the effect is so clean and graceful, it's strangely calming. Meiburg got his start in another thematically ambitious band, Okkervil River, with Shearwater functioning as a side project. But in recent years, Shearwater has become a full-time job whose work equals and often exceeds that of its better-known cousin. On The Golden Archipelago, Shearwater's songs flow together fluidly, to the point where they work best as a 38-minute whole. Fortunately, you can hear them exactly as intended by clicking the link above: The album will stream on this page in its entirety for the two weeks leading up to its release on Feb. 23. Please give The Golden Archipelago a listen — without interruption and on headphones, if possible — and leave your thoughts on the album in the comments section below.
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02-09-2010, 06:56 AM
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At Matador.com
15% Off Until Street Date CD comes packaged with a 50 page perfect-bound book that is a dossier of records, photos, regulations and images collected by Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg. LP contains 2 bonus tracks & an MP3 download coupon (that includes the album + PDF of the dossier). Note: LP pre-orders will ALSO receive a copy of the perfect bound book. PLEASE NOTE - Any items ordered along with this pre-order will not ship until Mid February 2010 “The Golden Archipelago” is the third album in a triptych of mindblowingly beautiful, dense and ambitious excursions about man’s impact on the natural world from Austin’s SHEARWATER. This time singer/songwriter Jonathan Meiburg turns his attention to life on islands - a world of lushness and austerity, silence and sudden cataclysms. From rising sea levels to displaced populations, Meiburg travels from the Falklands to Madgascar, from the Bikini Atoll to the Tierra Del Fuego. The music matches the grandeur and melancholy of its subject matter. This is an ALBUM album, in the larger sense of the word. Meiburg’s soaring vocals and complex song structures recall opuses like Kate Bush’s “Hounds Of Love,” Hüsker Dü’s “Zen Arcade” and even classic Pink Floyd. Meiburg’s grandfather's WWII experiences as a radiooperator in the South Pacific help weave these times and places together with feelings of wonder, grief, and defiance.
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02-09-2010, 07:06 AM
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... or Between Clark & Hillman
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As you'll remember, DJ, I tried to impress upon you the excellence of Shearwater's last album, but you demurred.
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02-09-2010, 07:21 AM
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... or Between Clark & Hillman
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Another striking cover shot, just as memorable as the one for Rook:
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02-09-2010, 07:37 AM
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check your email for a treat or two...smart ***...
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02-09-2010, 07:40 AM
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Wow, sounds beautiful. Will definitely buy it. Are their others as good?
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02-09-2010, 07:43 AM
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02-09-2010, 08:03 AM
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... or Between Clark & Hillman
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Maybe ask a gort to add The Golden Archipelago to the thread title to avoid confusion with the Rook thread?
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02-09-2010, 08:05 AM
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I'll check this out tonight. I've been looking for a new band to sink my teeth into.
And since they're on Matador, there will be vinyl...
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02-09-2010, 08:08 AM
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two mp3 free downloads are available from their website
"Black Eyes" and "Castaways" http://www.shearwatermusic.com/ also check out the video teaser for more of the vibe of this new record on their website.
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02-09-2010, 08:09 AM
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The average music fan might be confused, but the brainiacs that will gravitate towards this one will know there are two albums being discussed in two different threads... i have faith... 
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02-09-2010, 08:15 AM
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I'm going to pass on the free downloads--I would rather have this all at once, given how strong Rook was.
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02-09-2010, 08:26 AM
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02-09-2010, 09:36 AM
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02-09-2010, 10:00 AM
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I've played it twice, well done for those guys....
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02-09-2010, 10:46 AM
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I know what INCREDIBLE means, does that make me a brainiac?  I'll check this out when I get home, thanks for the heads up. Man, those album covers are great.
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02-09-2010, 11:00 AM
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02-09-2010, 11:06 AM
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Great band - can't wait!
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02-09-2010, 11:06 AM
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02-09-2010, 11:14 AM
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From Billboard
Shearwater, "The Golden Archipelago" (Matador)
Release Date: February 23, 2010 While the Austin band Shearwater's 2008 album "Rook" was thematically inspired by birds, 2010's "The Golden Archipelago" takes on the idea of islands, both literally and conceptually. To accompany the record, lead singer Jonathan Meiburg, who has spent time researching people living in remote communities, put together a 75-page dossier containing photos and artifacts from his work on various islands. The first 10,000 copies of the record will come with a perfect-bound condensed version of it, and Matador GM Patrick Amory says the label raised $7,000 through Kickstarter.com to fund the full project. The album is complex and atmospheric, with layers of guitar and keys mixed with strings and woodwinds. "The last album was very pastoral and pretty, and this one has those moments, but it's much wilder," Meiburg says. Creating such an expansive sound was a challenge, but the group accomplished it by working in five different studios throughout Texas. "I love the recordings where you can hear the dimensions of the space and get a sense that the music is taking place in this actual sort of cavernous room," he says. "And it's hard to find that these days."
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