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Monday, May 11, 2026

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 album (and pre-order the digital copy) on Bandcamp, and/or order a physical LP or CD here.

Listen to the grand lead single “Daydream Believer”:

And its more ethereal sibling “More and More”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur3TBShGKZA

There’s more exciting news we can’t reveal quite yet—but all in good time.

Xo,

SW

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Thanks to @nprmusic’s All Songs Considered and @robinprmusic & @totalvibration for featuring “Daydream Unbeliever” on this week’s episode! Link in our bio.

FYI, that’s Bobo (one of Dan’s dogs) at the end of the song. We have a rule that if any of the animals makes a sound during a take, it stays in. And Bo wanted to be heard.

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Thanks to @nprmusic’s All Songs Considered and @robinprmusic & @totalvibration for featuring “Daydream Unbeliever” on this week’s episode! Link in our bio.

FYI, that’s Bobo (one of Dan’s dogs) at the end of the song. We have a rule that if any of the animals makes a sound during a take, it stays in. And Bo wanted to be heard.

Thanks to @nprmusic’s All Songs Considered and @robinprmusic & @totalvibration for featuring “Daydream Unbeliever” on this week’s episode! Link in our bio.

FYI, that’s Bobo (one of Dan’s dogs) at the end of the song. We have a rule that if any of the animals makes a sound during a take, it stays in. And Bo wanted to be heard.
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The New World has been deemed Album of the Month in the August 2026 issue of @uncut_magazine! Four whole pages, and a 9/10 review. Thanks to Louis Pattison for a great article and interview. Pick it up at a newsstand near you now (or soon!). A taste:

“An ambitious globe-trotting voyage into changing nature… A richly orchestrated art music assembled in a way that feels simultaneously intimate in sentiment and gigantic in scope… Some of Shearwater’s finest songs to date… Extraordinary and wonderful.” Uncut - 9/10 Album of the Month

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The New World has been deemed Album of the Month in the August 2026 issue of @uncut_magazine! Four whole pages, and a 9/10 review. Thanks to Louis Pattison for a great article and interview. Pick it up at a newsstand near you now (or soon!). A taste:

“An ambitious globe-trotting voyage into changing nature… A richly orchestrated art music assembled in a way that feels simultaneously intimate in sentiment and gigantic in scope… Some of Shearwater’s finest songs to date… Extraordinary and wonderful.” Uncut - 9/10 Album of the Month

The New World has been deemed Album of the Month in the August 2026 issue of @uncut_magazine! Four whole pages, and a 9/10 review. Thanks to Louis Pattison for a great article and interview. Pick it up at a newsstand near you now (or soon!). A taste:

“An ambitious globe-trotting voyage into changing nature… A richly orchestrated art music assembled in a way that feels simultaneously intimate in sentiment and gigantic in scope… Some of Shearwater’s finest songs to date… Extraordinary and wonderful.” Uncut - 9/10 Album of the Month
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Some behind-the-scenes pics from the video shoot for “Slugs in the Marigolds” — JM and his friend, Jason Benson shot the video in a single day. JM and EL took a bit more time than that co-editing the footage into the video. Watch at the link in our bio and https://youtu.be/erNfhnYq7ZU?si=NhdRsG2YOSSVorOn

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Some behind-the-scenes pics from the video shoot for “Slugs in the Marigolds” — JM and his friend, Jason Benson shot the video in a single day. JM and EL took a bit more time than that co-editing the footage into the video. Watch at the link in our bio and https://youtu.be/erNfhnYq7ZU?si=NhdRsG2YOSSVorOn

Some behind-the-scenes pics from the video shoot for “Slugs in the Marigolds” — JM and his friend, Jason Benson shot the video in a single day. JM and EL took a bit more time than that co-editing the footage into the video. Watch at the link in our bio and https://youtu.be/erNfhnYq7ZU?si=NhdRsG2YOSSVorOn ...

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The New World

The New World: the new LP from Shearwater

Available for preorder now at your friendly local record shop, on your favorite internet music service, and/or at our Bandcamp page.


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