The New World, at long last, is finally almost here.

The album comes out this Friday, July 31st, and you can pre-order (or just order) it in digital, LP or CD format here. The advance press has been some of the best we’ve ever received—and we’ve loved hearing about it already from many of you.

To celebrate, we’re releasing one last promo track, “You And Your Dog,” along with a lyric video. The beguiling voice at the heart of this song is our friend and hero Laurie Anderson, who casually made this one of our favorite Shearwater tracks of all time.

​See and hear “You and Your Dog” here.​

We’ve also scheduled a trio of in-store solo performances from JM at Rough Trade Records locations in the UK–and, now, the US. These are just JM and an acoustic guitar, and won’t be longer than about 40 minutes— but he’ll be playing Shearwater material, new and old, for the first time since 2016.

1 August: London, UK – Rough Trade West (NOT Denmark St) [sold out / waiting list]
3 August: Bristol, UK – Rough Trade Records
September 17: New York, NY – Rough Trade Records

These are in addition to our full-band co-headlining tour with Loma.

Dates and tickets for these shows can all be found on our newly dusted-off Tour Dates page.​

Please accept a big virtual hug from us all, with thanks for your support and kind notes during this album’s production and release. You’ll hear more from us soon.

Shearwater