Shearwater (band)

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Shearwater
Origin	Austin, Texas
Genre(s)	Indie Rock
Years active	1999–present^[1]
Label(s)	Misra Records Matador Records
Associated acts	Okkervil River
Website	Official site
Members
Jonathan Meiburg Howard Draper Kim Burke Thor Harris Will Sheff

Shearwater is an indie rock band formed in Austin, Texas in 1999.

1 History
2 More information
3 Discography
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

Jonathan Meiburg and Will Sheff, who began their collaboration as members of the critically lauded Okkervil River, founded Shearwater in 1999 as an outlet for quieter songs on which the two were working.

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 the band.

The addition of multi-instrumentalist Howard Draper plus tours and support dates with The Mountain Goats, Akron/Family and Blonde Redhead brought them exposure. Shearwater developed their music through several initial albums such as Everybody Makes Mistakes and Winged Life, as well as the Thieves EP.

In May of 2006, Shearwater released their fourth full-length album, Palo Santo, to much acclaim from critics and fans.^[2] On April 10, 2007, Shearwater, now signed on to Matador Records, re-released a 2-disc edition of Palo Santo with bonus and re-recorded tracks from the original album.

On February 26, 2008, Matador Records announced that their new album, Rook, will be released on June 3, 2008. ^[3] The first single, "Rooks", is available for free as an MP3 from their record label.[1]

[edit] More information

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