Shearwater (band)

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Shearwater

Origin	Austin, Texas
Country	United States
Years active	2001–present
Genres	Folk Rock
Labels	Misra Records Matador Records
Members	Jonathan Meiburg Will Sheff Kim Burke Thor Harris Howard Draper
Website(s)	Official site

Shearwater is an indie rock band formed in Austin, Texas in 2001.

1 History
2 More information
3 Discography
4 External links

[edit] History

Jonathan Meiburg and Will Sheff, who began their collaboration as members of the critically lauded Okkervil River, founded Shearwater in 2001 as an outlet for quieter songs on which the two were working. But it wasn't long before Shearwater turned into something else.

Shearwater's debut, The Dissolving Room, introduced Meiburg's now ex-wife Kim Burke on upright bass; shortly after, drummer and vibraphonist Thor Harris joined, cementing Shearwater as a band capable of tendering moments of both credible rock and thunderous noise.

The addition of multi-instrumentalist Howard Draper plus tours and support dates with The Mountain Goats, Akron/Family and Blonde Redhead hardened Shearwater from a casual ensemble into a tightly focused rock band. Subsequent albums Everybody Makes Mistakes and Winged Life, as well as the Thieves EP, have found Meiburg's elegant melodies and striking voice increasingly at the center.

In May of 2006, Shearwater released their fourth full-length album, Palo Santo, to much acclaim from critics and fans.

See also: Okkervil River

[edit] More information

Meiburg is a graduate student in ornithology, the study of birds. Shearwater actually is the name for a type of medium-sized seabird that is also shown on the cover of Winged Life.