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SHEARWATER - Palo Santo
| Popmatters | | Shearwater, previously a good band, a solid band, has jumped ahead and entered the realm of greatness. In the past, they were an artsy alt-country/folk/baroque pop group with twee tendencies. Now, they have embraced an icy darkness that suits them better than anything a past listener could have imagined....full text |
| | Lost At Sea magazine | | In Shearwater's not-so-messy divorce, Okkervil River mastermind Will Sheff gave up his parental rights to the side project, leaving longtime collaborator Jonathan Meiburg with sole custody. Free to raise their baby as he sees fit, Meiburg, the multi-instrumentalist with the wide-ranging falsetto, was able to put his stamp on Palo Santo, writing all the songs himself on the fourth album from Shearwater. Without beating a dead metaphor to death, it appears the two differ somewhat on their theories of record rearing....full text |
| | PrefixMag | | I've always had a fondness for birds. There's something pleasant about those little beasts: the calculated movements, the twitchy eyes, the whole flying thing. As far as animals go, I'm for birds. Shearwater frontman Jonathan Meiburg has more than a passing fancy for the aves; he's a grad student in ornithology and is one of the go-to-guys for knowledge on the Striated Caracara, a falcon-type-thing found in the Falkland Islands....full text |
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