In order to sync your dives with cloud mobile you have to download shearwater cloud desktop by clicking here. Rook is the fifth studio album by american indie rock band shearwater. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. We present the 2008 year in news, a roundup of musicrelated triumph, tragedy, and kookery from the pages of over the past year. Jun 05, 2011 from the album the golden archipelago lyrics a calm then the roaring wall of the eye as we sailed to the world from an insular life from the boughs that had sheltered us all of our lives from.
Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Sheerwater, the golden archipelago teaser on vimeo1. Shearwater desktop links your desktop computer to your shearwater dive computer. This item has now sold out but take a look at what else we have in by shearwater or similar artists. Shearwaters golden archipelago sounds mighty familiar. As contradictory a phrase that small scale grandeur might be, it seems incredibly apt when listening to the band.
Its been an exciting six months since the campaign for the new shearwater album smashed all our expectations. Mar 01, 2010 three months into working on the golden archipelago, the new album by shearwater, the groups vocalist, guitarist and songwriter, jonathan meiburg, listened to a recording of the bikini atoll national anthem on the internet. This album is the final instalment of a triptych of records about environmental and personal decay. Shearwater downloads dive computer dive log software. The golden archipelago, an album by shearwater on spotify. Subscribe for recording news, tour announcements, and the occasional exclusive free download. Shearwater is a rather more quietened and nuanced project than okkervil, however, and seems inextricably linked to the natural world. It opens with a choir of islanders singing the national anthem of bikini atoll, and straight away you know youre not in for a normal record. Based on the golden archipelago, shearwater are perfectly served by the medium. The golden archipelago is the third album in a triptych of mindblowingly beautiful, dense and ambitious excursions about mans impact on the natural world from austins shearwater.
Shearwater the golden archipelago releases discogs. The best way to describe shearwaters new album the golden archipelago is by using an oxymoron. Its the kind of atmosphere that resonates, as if a deep magnetic presence is matching the vocal gusto and the shimmering instrumentals of the band itself. This time singersongwriter jonathan meiburg turns his attention to life on islands a world of lushness and austerity, silence and sudden cataclysms. Jan, 2010 shearwater deleted is raising funds for shearwater the golden archipelago limited edition dossier on kickstarter.
See, the golden archipelago is shearwaters most visual project yet. Feb 22, 2010 its fitting that shearwater conceived their latest album, the golden archipelago, as an escape fantasy about life on an isolated island, considering how insular the group has become. Listening to the golden archipelago, youll realize that the last three shearwater albums really are all one big movement. The golden archipelago amazon exclusive edition by. While their records have always been packaged in beautiful cases illustrated by watercolours or drawings of various species frontman jonathan meiburg is a welldocumented birdwatcher and voyager, for this album they went the extra mile. This is sheerwater, the golden archipelago teaser on vimeo1 by reijnders producties on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love. Okkervils singer and guitarist, will sheff, and backup vocalist and accordionkeyboard player, jonathan meiburg formed shearwater so they could write softer, more folkinfluenced music. Matador texan indie outfit shearwater dont lack ambition, or for that matter, pretension. The golden archipelago concluded the bands island arc trilogy, a project also encompassing palo santo and rook. The golden archipelago is the third album in a triptych of mindblowingly.
Shearwaters jonathan meiburg and designer mark ohe created a deluxe 75page dossier of exotic images and documents to accompany sws new album. Since their split from their sister band okkervil river a half. Shearwater is an american indie rock band from austin, texas, led by multi instrumentalist. The golden archipelago, a toothy, epic examination of island life, both physical and metaphysical, is enigmatic to say the least the deluxe edition includes a massive sepiatone 75page dossier that could have easily served as the foundation for an episode of abcs lost, but it lacks the magic of rooks more muscular moments. Shearwater the golden archipelago 2010, vinyl discogs. Numerous acts have plied similar waters in recent years fine offerings from bowerbirds, midlake and andrew bird spring to mind, but with the golden archipelago, shearwater really go for broke a limited run of meiburgassembled dossiers were even made available, illuminating its central themes via his studies.
Features song lyrics for shearwaters the golden archipelago album. So its something of a credit that shearwaters the golden archipelago ends up providing at least a rough sketch of what we can assume life is like on a string of islands. The golden archipelago is the sixth studio album by american indie rock band shearwater. On january 15, 2011, shearwater presented the three albums of their thematicallylinked island arc trilogy palo santo, rook, and the golden archipelago in a soldout, 3hour epic concert with longtime friends and collaborators at austins central presbyterian church. They craft music that feels very personal in a wide open field. Downloads and gift vouchers do not count towards free shipping. The record has just a couple of tracks that would be especially striking outside of their context on the lp. We use cookies for a number of reasons, such as keeping ft sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to. Shearwater the golden archipelago limited edition dossier. 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. Listen free to shearwater the golden archipelago meridian, black eyes and more.
The golden archipelago has much in common with its predecessors palo alto and rook both thematically and musically but an added muscle has been added to provide steel upon which to construct the yearning fragility that has now. Dec 03, 2009 so its something of a credit that shearwaters the golden archipelago ends up providing at least a rough sketch of what we can assume life is like on a string of islands. Shearwater released the album on both cd and vinyl. Meiburgs voice is a wonder throughout, wonderfully fragile on hidden lakes, tearing it up on corridors. There is a thickness in the air on shearwaters new album the golden archipelago. Features song lyrics for shearwater s the golden archipelago album. The golden archipelago is the third album in a triptych of mindblowingly beautiful, dense and ambitious excursions about mans impact on the natural world. It allows you to download and manage your dive logs and also update the firmware on your shearwater dive computers.
Visit our website to update shearwater firmware, downloads product manuals and documentation or get the shearwater desktop diving software for free. Read on wikipedia edit history talk page print download pdf. The track black eyes is the first single from the album. The album was recorded in the spring of 2010 and includes live material recorded at a performance under the pseudonym enron. The golden archipelago is the third in a loose trilogy also comprising 2006s palo santo, and finds meiburg broadly contemplating life on remote islands, many of which hes actually visited. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cooki. It was released on february 23, 2010, on the matador records label. Meiburgs a keen ornithologist hence the band name and with the golden archipelago wraps up a trilogy of albums drawing themes from the impact human beings have had on the environment.
Originally conceived as a oneoff collaboration between okkervil rivers will sheff and kingfishers jonathan meiburg, shearwater continues the tradition of detailed, reflective songwriting set by classic artists like nick drake and leonard cohen and contemporary indie rock songwriters such as bill callahan and will oldham. Barring this relatively inconsequential complaint, the golden archipelago finds shearwater primed to take their rightful place in the upper echelon of contemporary indie pop. Stream ad free or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Shearwater was formed by two bandmembers of austin, txs okkervil river. Includes unlimited streaming via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more.
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