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Shearwater

Formed: 2000

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Styles: Indie Rock

Group Members: Will Sheff, Jonathan Meiburg, Thor Harris

Biography: Originally conceived as a one-off collaboration between Okkervil River's Will Sheff and Kingfisher's 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 ...Read full biography

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Rook

Released: 2008

Label: Matador

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In 2007 Shearwater made the jump from Misra to Matador, culminating in a generously stocked reissue of 2006's excellent Palo Santo. It was a fitting partnership, as the band was beginning to settle into ...Read full review

Winged Life

Released: 2004

Label: IODA

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A shearwater is a sea bird. Jonathan Meiburg, when he's not busy being the world's leading expert on the South American striated caracara (Phalcoboenus australis), or playing keyboards for Okkervil River, ...Read full review

More Shearwater albums: Main Albums (5), Singles & EPs (1)

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