Progress Report: New Recordings, (a few) New Shows
I. Recordings After a year of playing Animal Joy, it’s been fun to spend this winter and spring doing something we’ve never really done before: focusing almost exclusively on other people’s songs. The Fellow Travelers record is well underway, and should be nearly complete by the end of the month. This is an album of [...]
2013
2013 is, as usual, going to be a busy year for Shearwater, though it probably won’t see the kind of touring that kept us on the road for 200 shows and 40,000 miles in 2012. We’re about to begin work on two new recording projects: the first is an album of songs by some of [...]
From the Basement
Our episode of From the Basement (also featuring Foster the People) is live now and available to stream. It was really an honor to work in Nigel Godrich’s studio, and we’re proud of how it turned out. Part 1 features Pushing the River and Breaking the Yearlings (at 11 minutes in); Part 2 is You [...]
Autumn tours, mini-album, “From the Basement”
Hello from the deserts of southwest Utah, where I’ve been hiking for the last week or so after returning from the Falklands. (If you’re ever out near Capitol Reef National Park, may I suggest outstanding free camping in the Dixie National Forest and hiking in Upper Muley Twist canyon?) The Falklands trip was beautiful and [...]
“Immaculate”
My old friend (and Blue Water White Death collaborator) Jamie Stewart’s take on “Immaculate”. Jamie’s the mastermind behind the wild and incredible Xiu Xiu, and you can see his fingerprints all over this thing, which is like a 3-hour psychological road movie compressed into just under 3 minutes. (JM)
More Touring, TV, and Dinosaurs
Hello from Munich, where we’re a few shows away from the end of the second European tour for Animal Joy. It’s a little hard to believe that we’ll be on the west coast of the USA in a little over a week for what are likely to be our only remaining US headlining shows this [...]
Free LA Show June 1
A quick bit of news for our California friends: Jonathan and Lucas will be performing a special duo set on June 1 at Old Style Guitar Shop in Los Angeles. Admission is free, and the show starts at 7:30 PM.
On Tour With St. Vincent
Tonight in Providence we start our second American tour this year, supporting the incredible St. Vincent. Next Sunday, May 6, we’re playing our only headlining gig in NYC for the rest of this year – maybe our last headlining performance of the year on the East Coast. (Dates and tickets) In late July, we’ll be playing our [...]
Europe/UK Tour #1 and “You As You Were” Video
As I write, we’re headed for Europe for our first tour since the release of Animal Joy. Many of the places we’re going are old friends – like Scala in London, Stereo in Glasgow, the Maroquinerie in Paris, Comet in Berlin, Bronson in lovely Ravenna, to name a few. But some are brand new; Istanbul, [...]
Them’s the Boys (+ SXSW 2012)
With the first tour under our belt, I wanted to belatedly introduce the members of this year’s touring lineup. (Kimberly and Thor are sitting this one out, but are still very much part of the family and a huge part of Animal Joy). From left to right: Mitch Billeaud, of Austin band The Lemurs, on [...]
