Shearwater’s animated lyric video for “Pale Kings” from Jet Plane and Oxbow
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click image to playEuropean tour starts Saturday, June 11thShearwater has delivered an animated lyric video for “Pale Kings,” a highlight from Jet Plane and Oxbow, the band’s internationally acclaimed album. The new visual was directed by Matthew Watkins.
Watch here.
Shearwater’s previously announced European summer tour in support of Jet Plane and Oxbow kicks-off this Saturday, June 11th in Antwerp, BE at Bourla and ends July 2nd in Elsloo, NL at Conincx Pop Festival. Please find complete tour dates below.
Recently while on tour supporting Jet Plane and Oxbow, Shearwater stopped by The Onion’s offices in Chicago to film a session for The A.V. Club’s seventh season of music video series, ‘A.V. Undercover’. In addition to their planned cover (which will air later this season), they surprised The A.V Club with a complete, spot-on performance of David Bowie’s 1979 album Lodger, which includes songs Bowie himself never attempted live.
The A.V. Club says of the performance, ‘Undercover’ veterans Shearwater came by the studio earlier this year to tackle a song from the main list—business as usual, right? But Jonathan Meiburg asked if we might want to film his band covering the entirety of David Bowie's Lodger, too. Why would we say no to that? So as a special pre-season bonus for ‘Undercover 2016,’ here's Shearwater covering Lodger from start to finish, along with an essay by Meiburg explaining his relationship to the classic record (see A.V. Club “Undercover” May 12th).”
Shearwater’s Jet Plane and Oxbow is available now on CD/ 2xLP/ DL [link here] and at an independent retailer near you.
What people are saying about Jet Plane and Oxbow:
“The big-sky rock of tracks like "Pale Kings" and "Glass Bones" are paired with the kind of lofty language that defined mid-'80s albums like U2’s The Unforgettable Fire and A Pagan Place by the Waterboys…They have made something spacious and expansive enough to feel conjured from the costly confines of a million-dollar studio like Abbey Road or Electric Lady. With Jet Plane and Oxbow, Shearwater achieve not only their grandest statement to date, buttheir most grounded as well.” - Pitchfork
“Fussed-over sounds abound — one track finds room for both synthesizer and dulcimer — which helps render Meiburg's songs both unsettling and majestic. The terrific "Quiet Americans" checks many of the band's boxes right away, as the synthspeal through static, while Meiburg's vocals bark, swoop, soar and swoon in tune with the moment. From there, the palette expands and contracts to include booming, stadium-sized urgency ("A Long Time Away"); a persistently rumbling, exploratory epic worthy of Wilco ("Filaments"); and a ballad that sneaks in some of Meiburg's favorite themes ("Wildlife In America"). Of course, that big, elastic voice remains at the center of these songs, but so too does a mandate to fill the surrounding air with big, bold ideas.” [First Listen] - NPR Music
"A defiant moody exploration of the magic and menace of technology." [4/5] - MOJO
"Meiburg's finest album to date." [8/10] - Uncut
“It's refreshing to hear them switch things up on this, their seventh full-length release, by writing more immediate pop songs without sacrificingtheir rich, thoughtfully placed instrumentation.” - Rolling Stone
“Jet Plane and Oxbow can’t be locked into a single place or time, instead patching together its own alternate past. They leave room for their glossy influences and the gritty present to communicate with each other, threading catchy hooks through more complex backgrounds. The prime example is “Quiet Americans”, a dark track that transforms relatively quickly into a comfortable earworm.”- Consequence of Sound
“The sense of velocity and flight, paired with Meiburg's dramatic vocals, delivered with Bowie-like flair here, making Jet Plane and Oxbow a natural progression for Shearwater, and a nice departure from their typical offerings.” - EXCLAIM!
“Jet Plane and Oxbow is a remarkably polished, alluring, and dignified accomplishment.” [8/10] - PopMatters
"The band's punchiest and most populist work to date." [4/5] - The Skinny
Tour Dates
Jun. 11 - Antwerpen, BE - Bourla
Jun. 12 - London, UK - Field Day Festival
Jun. 14 - Rotterdam, NL - Rotown
Jun. 15 - Aachen, DE - Musikbunker
Jun. 16 - Kriens, CH - B-Sides Festival
Jun. 17 - Sion, CH - Le Port Franc
Jun. 18 - Ravenna, IT - Hana B
Jun. 22 - Zagreb, HR - INmusic Festival
Jun. 23 - Ljubljana, SI - Kino Siska
Jun. 24 - Ebensee, AT - Kino Ebensee
Jun. 26 - Budapest, HU - A38
Jun. 27 - Vienna, AT - Arena
Jun. 28 - Munchen, DE - Strom
Jun. 29 - Münster, DE - Gleis 22
Jun. 30 - Groningen, NL - Vera
Jul. 01 - The Hague, NL - Paard van Troje
Jul. 02 - Elsloo, NL - Conincx Pop Festival
http://u.subpop.com/1PFuKDs
click image to playEuropean tour starts Saturday, June 11thShearwater has delivered an animated lyric video for “Pale Kings,” a highlight from Jet Plane and Oxbow, the band’s internationally acclaimed album. The new visual was directed by Matthew Watkins.Watch here.
Shearwater’s previously announced European summer tour in support of Jet Plane and Oxbow kicks-off this Saturday, June 11th in Antwerp, BE at Bourla and ends July 2nd in Elsloo, NL at Conincx Pop Festival. Please find complete tour dates below.
Recently while on tour supporting Jet Plane and Oxbow, Shearwater stopped by The Onion’s offices in Chicago to film a session for The A.V. Club’s seventh season of music video series, ‘A.V. Undercover’. In addition to their planned cover (which will air later this season), they surprised The A.V Club with a complete, spot-on performance of David Bowie’s 1979 album Lodger, which includes songs Bowie himself never attempted live.
The A.V. Club says of the performance, ‘Undercover’ veterans Shearwater came by the studio earlier this year to tackle a song from the main list—business as usual, right? But Jonathan Meiburg asked if we might want to film his band covering the entirety of David Bowie's Lodger, too. Why would we say no to that? So as a special pre-season bonus for ‘Undercover 2016,’ here's Shearwater covering Lodger from start to finish, along with an essay by Meiburg explaining his relationship to the classic record (see A.V. Club “Undercover” May 12th).”
Shearwater’s Jet Plane and Oxbow is available now on CD/ 2xLP/ DL [link here] and at an independent retailer near you.
What people are saying about Jet Plane and Oxbow:
“The big-sky rock of tracks like "Pale Kings" and "Glass Bones" are paired with the kind of lofty language that defined mid-'80s albums like U2’s The Unforgettable Fire and A Pagan Place by the Waterboys…They have made something spacious and expansive enough to feel conjured from the costly confines of a million-dollar studio like Abbey Road or Electric Lady. With Jet Plane and Oxbow, Shearwater achieve not only their grandest statement to date, buttheir most grounded as well.” - Pitchfork
“Fussed-over sounds abound — one track finds room for both synthesizer and dulcimer — which helps render Meiburg's songs both unsettling and majestic. The terrific "Quiet Americans" checks many of the band's boxes right away, as the synthspeal through static, while Meiburg's vocals bark, swoop, soar and swoon in tune with the moment. From there, the palette expands and contracts to include booming, stadium-sized urgency ("A Long Time Away"); a persistently rumbling, exploratory epic worthy of Wilco ("Filaments"); and a ballad that sneaks in some of Meiburg's favorite themes ("Wildlife In America"). Of course, that big, elastic voice remains at the center of these songs, but so too does a mandate to fill the surrounding air with big, bold ideas.” [First Listen] - NPR Music
"A defiant moody exploration of the magic and menace of technology." [4/5] - MOJO
"Meiburg's finest album to date." [8/10] - Uncut
“It's refreshing to hear them switch things up on this, their seventh full-length release, by writing more immediate pop songs without sacrificingtheir rich, thoughtfully placed instrumentation.” - Rolling Stone
“Jet Plane and Oxbow can’t be locked into a single place or time, instead patching together its own alternate past. They leave room for their glossy influences and the gritty present to communicate with each other, threading catchy hooks through more complex backgrounds. The prime example is “Quiet Americans”, a dark track that transforms relatively quickly into a comfortable earworm.”- Consequence of Sound
“The sense of velocity and flight, paired with Meiburg's dramatic vocals, delivered with Bowie-like flair here, making Jet Plane and Oxbow a natural progression for Shearwater, and a nice departure from their typical offerings.” - EXCLAIM!
“Jet Plane and Oxbow is a remarkably polished, alluring, and dignified accomplishment.” [8/10] - PopMatters
"The band's punchiest and most populist work to date." [4/5] - The Skinny
Tour Dates
Jun. 11 - Antwerpen, BE - Bourla
Jun. 12 - London, UK - Field Day Festival
Jun. 14 - Rotterdam, NL - Rotown
Jun. 15 - Aachen, DE - Musikbunker
Jun. 16 - Kriens, CH - B-Sides Festival
Jun. 17 - Sion, CH - Le Port Franc
Jun. 18 - Ravenna, IT - Hana B
Jun. 22 - Zagreb, HR - INmusic Festival
Jun. 23 - Ljubljana, SI - Kino Siska
Jun. 24 - Ebensee, AT - Kino Ebensee
Jun. 26 - Budapest, HU - A38
Jun. 27 - Vienna, AT - Arena
Jun. 28 - Munchen, DE - Strom
Jun. 29 - Münster, DE - Gleis 22
Jun. 30 - Groningen, NL - Vera
Jul. 01 - The Hague, NL - Paard van Troje
Jul. 02 - Elsloo, NL - Conincx Pop Festival
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