New album out now and streaming in full here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ButIZ6xAP2M
Not really hitting me at first listen but most of their albums have been growers so we shall see.
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Monday, 25 January 2016 10:31 (eight years ago) link
"Filaments" is a very fine Radiohead-in-krautrock-mode imitation.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 25 January 2016 12:13 (eight years ago) link
Jeez, if it's not Talk Talk people are accusing Jonathan Meiburg of ripping off, it's Radiohead. I get that every band has influences but imho Shearwater are a very long way off crossing the line that separates influence from imitation. I think the Talk Talk or Radiohead similarities are way overstated anyway.
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Monday, 25 January 2016 13:27 (eight years ago) link
I think the new one is pretty great, right in my wheelhouse. I read that the band had (pre-RIP) been planning to play Bowie's "Lodger" start to finish on tour, and joke or not that makes perfect sense. I also hear a bit of "Remain in Light" in here, at least on "Filaments." Or rather, I can imagine had Bowie been in Talking Heads that this is the sort of "Remain in Light" he would have made in 1980.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 January 2016 20:20 (eight years ago) link
xpost Huh, "Filaments" was the one you thought sounded like Radiohead? Nah.
god i love his voice and the instrumentation is really intriguing
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 25 January 2016 20:24 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I hear all sorts of classic early '80s art rock, from THs and Bowie to U2. But I don't hear a lot of aping, which is key, I think.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 January 2016 20:25 (eight years ago) link
Like, this is a better U2/Waterboys/Big Music riff than Coldplay could ever hope for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mcqz9OB3AcA
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 January 2016 20:28 (eight years ago) link
i haven't kept up with this dude in recent years but Palo Santo was one of my favorite records at the time, will check this one out
― ciderpress, Monday, 25 January 2016 20:30 (eight years ago) link
i fucking love "quiet americans," wow
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 25 January 2016 20:34 (eight years ago) link
hope this isn't like how the only song i love off of rook is "rook"
It's unfair to the band that I keep hearing things I recognize from other bands, but they're all from bands I by and large like, so I guess that's cool.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 January 2016 20:42 (eight years ago) link
This sounds like their best in a while, they sort of lost me after Rook.
Honestly, their sound got so insular for a little while it's actually kind of relief hearing shades of other bands in their albums
― Evan R, Monday, 25 January 2016 20:46 (eight years ago) link
If you haven't heard Animal Joy def check it out, it's a monster
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Monday, 25 January 2016 20:48 (eight years ago) link
I did, and it was good, but I was still so exhausted from the last three... I just needed a break, I think. I'll revisit it.
― Evan R, Monday, 25 January 2016 20:53 (eight years ago) link
Hate to say it, but as much as I love Palo Santo, I still think Winged Life was their best
― Evan R, Monday, 25 January 2016 20:54 (eight years ago) link
whoa was not expecting them to have gone full on '10s Synthrock Indie
songs sound pretty good though and i still love his voice
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 00:33 (eight years ago) link
ah they turned back into the more familiar shearwater by the second half of the record
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 01:05 (eight years ago) link
after the intro to filaments, i was waiting for him to intone "LOST MY SHAPE. TRYING TO ACT CASUAL."
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 02:51 (eight years ago) link
boy "radio silence" is fun
i'm only really liking about every other track but maybe the whole thing will grow on me over time
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 04:54 (eight years ago) link
the design on the album cover is hypnotic tho
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 14:00 (eight years ago) link
'wildlife in america' sounds like jackson browne to me and i like it
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 14:06 (eight years ago) link
Not sure how "Quiet Americans" could be any better.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 14:45 (eight years ago) link
yeah that song is A+
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 14:48 (eight years ago) link
I read that the band had (pre-RIP) been planning to play Bowie's "Lodger" start to finish on tour, and joke or not that makes perfect sense.
This is actually happening next month in New York.
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Saturday, 13 February 2016 15:54 (eight years ago) link
i don't know, I love archipelago and rook and palo santo but don't know about anything since.
― akm, Saturday, 13 February 2016 16:26 (eight years ago) link
'wildlife in america' is the song from this one that ended up consuming me, some of his best writing imo
― ciderpress, Saturday, 13 February 2016 17:32 (eight years ago) link
Song is fantastic.
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Saturday, 13 February 2016 17:41 (eight years ago) link
I loved their cover of the Mountain Goats's "This Year" from a couple years back, but every time I try to listen to their own stuff I just can't get beyond how much the singer's voice reminds me of Gordon Lightfoot.
― pitchforkian at best (cryptosicko), Saturday, 13 February 2016 18:06 (eight years ago) link
There were those moments where I almost eye rolled and said "too, too on the nose," but the songwriting and production are pretty great, so that I've been WAY won over by it. I'm sorta pissed that War on Drugs did some much limper, much slighter 80s raiding and got threads and threads, and irl acclaim, and this is sorta just out there afaict. I could be missin it tho as I don't live on threads or irl.
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Sunday, 14 February 2016 01:30 (eight years ago) link
Saw these guys last night. Was glad they pulled heavily from the new record, which is by far the best thing they've done imo.
Crowd was (predictably) sedate but warm, even when momentum occasionally lagged. Band seemed grateful for that and even played multiple encores.
In NYC this weekend, I believe.
― dc, Friday, 11 March 2016 16:41 (eight years ago) link
Damn I love the weird waves of Bowie/Murphy vocals I get off of A Long Time Away played loud. That "Haa Haa!" he lets out, it thrills me man.
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Saturday, 19 March 2016 02:50 (eight years ago) link
The new record is certainly good, with some great high points (Quiet Americans, Radio Silence). My issue is, having lived through and with their influences, I'm having a hard time feeling like I *need* a record like "Jet Plane" at this point in my life. That's not to say they're aping any one artist or style, it's just that this is a nice bowl of chicken soup when I want sushi.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 31 March 2016 03:06 (eight years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/article/shearwater-covers-entirety-david-bowies-lodger-236726Very much like the red sails cover here, and really want to see them live just to see what they can do.
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Friday, 13 May 2016 23:45 (eight years ago) link
the tracks that are out from the Loma record (Meiburg + members of a group called Cross Record) are gorgeous, especially this one
https://open.spotify.com/track/7sljgxqi3fK5vmV7t2St1l?si=oztIM6vXQqeZ-2Kqy6vV5g
― Simon H., Tuesday, 6 February 2018 19:24 (six years ago) link
given how he does, i dont doubt this will be good.
On October 17th, 18th, and 19th, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of "Heroes", and in collaboration with Arts Brookfield and WNYC's New Sounds Live, the Jet Plane and Oxbow lineup of SW (me, Emily Lee, Sadie Powers, Lucas Oswald, and Josh Halpern) will form the nucleus of an all-star lineup performing Bowie's entire "Berlin Trilogy" of albums (1979's Lodger, 1978's "Heroes", and 1977's Low) at the magnificent Winter Garden Atrium at Brookfield Place in lower Manhattan, near the World Trade Center.
― Hunt3r, Monday, 10 September 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
2nd Loma LP forthcoming, Brian Eno guests, first song is great. everyone pls check out the first album, it's stunning in places
https://youtu.be/oq5X2G5qKQI
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
Loma hugely underrated
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 15:26 (three years ago) link
yes! lots of gems on the first album but "Black Willow" immediately became one of my favorite songs ever
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 15:30 (three years ago) link
New (crowd-funded) album about to drop, a couple of singles have been released from it already and are sounding gorgeous. The last two albums traded their Talk Talk influences for a fuller rock/80s synth-based sound, but by the sound of it this new one may mark a partial return to what they call the 'Island Arc trilogy' (Palo Alto, Rook, The Golden Archipelago). Those in need of a Talk Talk fix may want to check this out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVH506GaZHs
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 08:27 (two years ago) link
That is lovely, I'm on board.
I enjoyed Jonathan Meiburg's Loma project too, which had a couple of moments of serious TT influence.
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 08:34 (two years ago) link
they used to play The Rainbow at live shows iirc
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 08:44 (two years ago) link
I mean this song is really lovely, albeit in debt to that late TT method of arranging.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq5X2G5qKQI
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 10:17 (two years ago) link
yeah that's a good one
and yes aqaba is beautiful
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 10:59 (two years ago) link
ooh very much in favour of something that's continuing on from the loma album, i adored that
― ufo, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 11:04 (two years ago) link
If you're into signed cds, https://shearwater.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-awakening-2022 is down to 67/500 left.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 14:12 (two years ago) link
I think I posted this elsewhere a while back, the band 'Gaze is Ghost' are in that similar beautiful vein as Aqaba.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0tL9wrJZig
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 19 May 2022 11:30 (two years ago) link
new album is extraordinary, maybe my favorite by them?
― akm, Saturday, 28 May 2022 05:20 (two years ago) link
i have very high expectations based on the advance singles + don't shy away and this material has if anything been more talk talk than they ever were before
dan dusyznski from loma has also stayed with meiburg for this album as his main collaborator & co-producer
― ufo, Saturday, 28 May 2022 05:35 (two years ago) link
On this last day of 2021, we give you some pics from the first recording sessions (10 days!) for album #3. This is just the very beginning, but we like where it’s started. :) For us, 2022 will be full of music making. And for that, we are very excited. Happy New Year, Lomans! pic.twitter.com/5q4vTZNdfP— LOMA (@lomatheband) December 31, 2021
& a new loma album is apparently already in the works too
― ufo, Saturday, 28 May 2022 05:37 (two years ago) link
i'd love it if they went on tour together
― akm, Saturday, 28 May 2022 15:02 (two years ago) link
album is pretty good but doesn't quite live up to don't shy away
― ufo, Monday, 30 May 2022 00:20 (two years ago) link
It's not quite Talk Talk but it is gorgeous and immersive and intimate and all-but-impossible to switch off before the whole album has run its course.
― Attached by piercing jewelry (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 00:58 (one year ago) link
(I am speaking about the new album, The Great Awakening, in case that was unclear)
― Attached by piercing jewelry (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 01:09 (one year ago) link
Absolutely loving this new album. "There Goes the Sun" is gorgeous.
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 22:13 (one year ago) link
Harp, the new project by one of the guys from midlake, is giving me medieval Shearwater vibeshttps://harpband.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-the-seed
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 7 November 2023 14:20 (six months ago) link