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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

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.

Album mockup for The New World, the new LP from Shearwater.

The good news is that we think it might be our very best work.  It’s deep, vibrant, and adventurous, and it features the biggest and wildest crew of friends and collaborators we’ve ever assembled on a Shearwater album.

But it’s not quite ready yet; and we need some help to usher it through its final stages and into the physical/digital worlds.

If you’re interested, there’s (a lot) more information on the crowdfunding page, along with incentives we’ve made to amuse and entice you, including some rarities from our archives.  And—as always—if you have any questions, or just want to say hello, please feel free to email us at contact@shearwatermusic.com.

But most of all: Thank you for believing in us, and sticking with us over many years.  We hope you’re keeping your head above water in these insane times, and look forward to sharing more music with you. 

JM / SW

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As the new album approaches, we’re supposed to “engage” you by sending ever-more-urgent reminders that it’s about to exist in forms you can buy (or steal). But we think the world has enough exclamation points already. So for the next while, we’re just going to send you moments of calm from JM’s recent journeys to Antarctica and Chile. When you see them, we urge you to turn off your computer, put down your phone, and step outside for at least five minutes. Returning to the internet is optional.

#thenewworldSW #momentsofcalm

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As the new album approaches, we’re supposed to “engage” you by sending ever-more-urgent reminders that it’s about to exist in forms you can buy (or steal). But we think the world has enough exclamation points already. So for the next while, we’re just going to send you moments of calm from JM’s recent journeys to Antarctica and Chile. When you see them, we urge you to turn off your computer, put down your phone, and step outside for at least five minutes. Returning to the internet is optional.

#thenewworldSW #momentsofcalm

As the new album approaches, we’re supposed to “engage” you by sending ever-more-urgent reminders that it’s about to exist in forms you can buy (or steal). But we think the world has enough exclamation points already. So for the next while, we’re just going to send you moments of calm from JM’s recent journeys to Antarctica and Chile. When you see them, we urge you to turn off your computer, put down your phone, and step outside for at least five minutes. Returning to the internet is optional.

#thenewworldSW #momentsofcalm
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Just got done typing out these lyrics for people who supported the crowdfund for the new album. This typewriter is a lot more finicky now than it was when I used it to make The Golden Dossier! But we wrestled each other into submission.

It’s funny how you notice things when you’re typing in your own lyrics from many years ago…there are definitely a few words I need to retire—I tend to fall back on them. But mostly I felt glad (and lucky) that the fellow who wrote these is still around and still writing songs. A deep thanks to everyone who’s supported us over the years, and I’m looking forward to sharing new music soon (at last!). JM

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Just got done typing out these lyrics for people who supported the crowdfund for the new album. This typewriter is a lot more finicky now than it was when I used it to make The Golden Dossier! But we wrestled each other into submission. 

It’s funny how you notice things when you’re typing in your own lyrics from many years ago…there are definitely a few words I need to retire—I tend to fall back on them. But mostly I felt glad (and lucky) that the fellow who wrote these is still around and still writing songs.  A deep thanks to everyone who’s supported us over the years, and I’m looking forward to sharing new music soon (at last!). JM

Just got done typing out these lyrics for people who supported the crowdfund for the new album. This typewriter is a lot more finicky now than it was when I used it to make The Golden Dossier! But we wrestled each other into submission.

It’s funny how you notice things when you’re typing in your own lyrics from many years ago…there are definitely a few words I need to retire—I tend to fall back on them. But mostly I felt glad (and lucky) that the fellow who wrote these is still around and still writing songs. A deep thanks to everyone who’s supported us over the years, and I’m looking forward to sharing new music soon (at last!). JM
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Everyone wish a big Happy Birthday to JM on a big birthday! He has just returned from his Antarctic trip, having traversed 5 continents in 3 months. He is exhausted. I bet he’ll have more to say soon about his travels and the work we have left to get this record out to you all. (EL)

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Everyone wish a big Happy Birthday to JM on a big birthday! He has just returned from his Antarctic trip, having traversed 5 continents in 3 months. He is exhausted. I bet he’ll have more to say soon about his travels and the work we have left to get this record out to you all. (EL)

Everyone wish a big Happy Birthday to JM on a big birthday! He has just returned from his Antarctic trip, having traversed 5 continents in 3 months. He is exhausted. I bet he’ll have more to say soon about his travels and the work we have left to get this record out to you all. (EL) ...

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