Our new album The New World launches July 31 – listen to two songs today
After four years of work, we’re thrilled to announce that the first of our two new albums, The New World, will be released worldwide on July 31st. It’s a big, beautiful, globe-spanning adventure for your ears, made with the wildest ensemble we’ve ever assembled. We’re very proud of it. You can read more about the […]
A new Shearwater album—The New World—needs your help
Dear Friends of Shearwater, If you’ve seen us on social media in the last year or so, you’ve probably seen us making new music—and we’re happy to reveal that after two years of work, we’ve nearly finished a sprawling double-length album called The New World. The good news is that we think it might be […]
The Great Awakening full album video premiere; How will I live without a body?; and more
Warm greetings from Shearwater HQ. We’ve been quiet lately, but there’s still plenty going on. Our new album is in its awkward adolescence—strangely dressed, unsure of its identity—though it grows in confidence with every passing session, with help from friends in Texas, NYC, and Berlin. I’ll have more to say as the album reveals itself. […]
The Great Awakening retail release and shipping update
Dear Friends, I hope this finds you well. Here are three items that might interest you: 1) The Great Awakening retail release As of today, The Great Awakening has hit retail stores in both LP and CD. Pick up a copy at your local record store or the usual online suspects! 2) The Great Awakening limited […]
Preorder The Great Awakening now
Starting at 9 AM EDT today, the new Shearwater album The Great Awakening—our first in six years—will be available for pre-order here. A limited number of signed 180-gram vinyl 2xLPs and CDs can also be found for sale on our Bandcamp page. The album will be officially released in digital, CD, and standard-weight 2xLP formats on June 10th, […]
The Great Awakening
Goodbye 2021–and here’s to 2022, the year of The Great Awakening (cultural pun intended). Thank you to everyone who’s been patiently awaiting the new Shearwater album (… and don’t worry, we haven’t gone all Q on you). Looking forward to sharing this with the world soon. Watch this space for release details…(!) JM/SW
JM’s book, a new Loma record, and revisiting Jet Plane and Oxbow
Dear Friends of Shearwater, JM here. Even if it weren’t the week before the week before the US election, it would still be a big one at Shearwater HQ—not entirely for musical reasons, which I’ll get to in a moment. But if you’re up to your ears in helping people vote right now, please know […]
A new album begins…
Greetings from central Texas! It’s been an exciting six months since the campaign for the new Shearwater album smashed all our expectations; and I’m very happy to announce that we’ve started the first 3-week recording session for the new album. It has felt really good to write new SW songs again, and we’re really looking […]
You can help us make a new album.
If you’re reading this, you probably know that Shearwater has always lurked on the fringes of what’s sometimes called “the music business”; and that the rise of streaming services, and by the decline of physical sales, have made it hard for bands like us to keep making and releasing music. We’ve worked with some excellent labels over the years—but we’ve never […]
Berlin Trilogy / New Album / Playlists
1) Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy recordings for sale After months of rehearsal, three epic performances, and three weeks of mixing and mastering, Shearwater’s 2018 live performances of David Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy of Low, “Heroes”, and Lodger are finally available for you to hear, in the way we’d like them to be heard. They’re for sale on our Bandcamp page. Due to copyright restrictions, we can’t […]
