While his band Shearwater shares its name with a seabird, Jonathan Meiburg’s latest album has us thinking about The Birds—the 1952 short story Daphne du Maurier famously-adapted by Alfred Hitchcock. Meiburg’s forays in ornithology and climate change are well-documented, and his musical projects reflect the feelings of those concerned about the influence and future of humankind. It is not heavy handed sloganeering, but nuanced and beautiful. The Romantic result of deep study and research.
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Shearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg :: The AD Interview
Aquarium Drunkard: Rook is far more thematic than its predecessor Palo Santo . While those songs felt like they could be cohesive, Rook’s ongoing chromatic descents seem to hint at a central theme? Is that the case? Jonathan […]
Shearwater :: Vinyl Giveaway
Shearwater has a new album, Rook , and a new tour. We have some limited edition vinyl to giveaway to AD readers; a limited edition test pressing of the full length, the full length (with album download […]