Originally written by Luke Slater · 18 January 2012
Back at the beginning of last month Shearwater announced the release of a new record, Animal Joy, through Sub Pop. The release date is soon upon us and we've got a track from it for you to hear, in advance of the album's release. The track in question is 'You As You Were' and you can get your ears around it below, via that SoundCloud player. You can also download it from here.
It's kind of what you'd expect from Shearwater. But that is absolutely OK because Jonathan Meiburg's voice is something else, and Shearwater's music is quite like nothing else around. To my ears, in any case. It careens quite lovely, so it does. The band are heading this way in the Spring, and we've handily compiled a list of their tour dates. See below:
March: 28 - Amsterdam, Bitterzoet 29 - Brussels, Botanique 30 - Brighton, The Haunt 31 - Manchester, The Deaf Institute
April: 1 - Glasgow, Stereo 3 - London, Scala 4 - Tourcoing, Le Grand Mix 5 - Paris, La Maroquinerie 6 - Düdingen, Bad Bonn 8 - St. Gallen, Palace 9 - Mezzago, Bloom 10 - Rome, Circolo degli Artisti 11 - Ravenna, Bronso, Madonna dell'albero 12 - Ljubljana, Menza pri Koritu 16 - Dresden, Groove Station 17 - Hamburg, Prinzebar 18 - Berlin, Comet 19 - Istanbul, Babylon 21 - Athens, AN Club
Main photo by Guus Krol