Shearwaters golden archipelago sounds mighty familiar. The golden archipelago is the sixth studio album by american indie rock band. Shearwater the golden archipelago 2010, vinyl discogs. On the barracks road past the generals eyes down to the seawall where the. Meiburgs voice is a wonder throughout, wonderfully fragile on hidden lakes, tearing it up on corridors. Shearwater desktop links your desktop computer to your shearwater dive computer. Barring this relatively inconsequential complaint, the golden archipelago finds shearwater primed to take their rightful place in the upper echelon of contemporary indie pop. February 7, 2010 shearwaters delicate, dramatic new album, the golden archipelago, wasnt built for earbuds or tinny car stereos. The golden archipelago, a toothy, epic examination of island life, both physical and metaphysical, is enigmatic to say the least the deluxe edition includes a massive sepiatone 75page dossier that could have easily served as the foundation for an episode of abcs lost, but it lacks the magic of rooks more muscular moments. This time singersongwriter jonathan meiburg turns his attention to life on islands a world of lushness and austerity, silence and sudden cataclysms.
The golden archipelago is the third album in a triptych of mindblowingly. Shearwater present their upcoming album the golden archipelago with this amazing song that you can download at matador recors, here. The golden archipelago amazon exclusive edition by. Palo santo 2006 rook 2008 the golden archipelago 2010 rook is the fifth studio album by american indie rock band shearwater. The track black eyes is the first single from the album. The golden archipelago, an album by shearwater on spotify. Following careerpeak rook, jonathan meiburg and co. All songs considered on this edition of all songs considered, we hear fela kutis, ali farka. The golden archipelago is the third in a loose trilogy also comprising 2006s palo santo, and finds meiburg broadly contemplating life on remote islands, many of which hes actually visited. Numerous acts have plied similar waters in recent years fine offerings from bowerbirds, midlake and andrew bird spring to mind, but with the golden archipelago, shearwater really go for broke a limited run of meiburgassembled dossiers were even made available, illuminating its central themes via his studies. In order to sync your dives with cloud mobile you have to download shearwater cloud desktop by clicking here. It was released on june 3, 2008, on the matador records label. There is a thickness in the air on shearwaters new album the golden archipelago.
Its a visionary work that is alluring upon first listen, but even more intriguing with each subsequent spin. Three months into working on the golden archipelago, the new album by shearwater, the groups vocalist, guitarist and songwriter, jonathan meiburg, listened to a recording of the bikini atoll national anthem on the internet. Discussion in music corner started by fitzrik, jan 18, 2016. Shearwater downloads dive computer dive log software.
While their records have always been packaged in beautiful cases illustrated by watercolours or drawings of various species frontman jonathan meiburg is a welldocumented birdwatcher and voyager, for this album they went the extra mile. The golden archipelago by shearwater, released 23 february 2010 1. The golden archipelago by shearwater on apple music. The golden archipelago is the sixth studio album by american indie rock band shearwater. Shearwaters jonathan meiburg and designer mark ohe created a deluxe 75page dossier of exotic images and documents to. The golden archipelago by shearwater album, indie rock. African legends, new music from shearwater and more. Includes free mp3 download of album, plus pdf of 52page fullcolor dossier.
The golden archipelago is the third album in a triptych of mindblowingly beautiful, dense and ambitious excursions about mans impact on. Played on palo santo, the golden archipelago, a wake for the. The golden archipelago is the third album in a tripty. The golden archipelago amazon exclusive edition by shearwater. Its fitting that shearwater conceived their latest album, the golden archipelago, as an escape fantasy about life on an isolated island, considering how insular the group has become. Shearwater the golden archipelago releases discogs.
See, the golden archipelago is shearwaters most visual project yet. It allows you to download and manage your dive logs and also update the firmware on your shearwater dive computers. Its been an exciting six months since the campaign for the new shearwater album smashed all our expectations. Based on the golden archipelago, shearwater are perfectly served by the medium. Cd comes packaged with a 50 page perfectbound book that is a dossier of records, photos, regulations and images collected by shearwaters jonathan meiburg. Their classics are probably rook and the golden archipelago. Meiburgs a keen ornithologist hence the band name and with the golden archipelago wraps up a trilogy of albums drawing themes from the impact human beings have had on the environment. Btw the mp3 download for the vinyl is not just mp3, they are offering flac.
The detail and care that went into the golden archipelago is something to behold, right down to the 74page dossier lined with sepia photographs, maps, lyrics and tide schedules that the band compiled as a visual companion. Shearwater deleted is raising funds for shearwater the golden archipelago limited edition dossier on kickstarter. The record has just a couple of tracks that would be. Download shearwater mp3 songs and albums music downloads. The golden archipelago is the third album in a triptych of mindblowingly beautiful, dense and ambitious excursions about mans impact on the natural world. Listening to the golden archipelago, youll realize that the last three shearwater albums really are all one big movement. Check out the golden archipelago amazon exclusive edition by shearwater on amazon music. The question facing shearwater upon the release of the third in a trilogy of albums is how to follow up, in rook, what has quietly become somewhat of a defining work.
The idea of island life has its everlasting appeal. Theyve got a very mature chest beating sound to their richly textured. Matador will be releasing the new album by shearwater, the golden archipelago, on february 23rd. The track rooks was the first single from the album. Features song lyrics for shearwaters the golden archipelago album. Since their split from their sister band okkervil river a half decade ago, the group has honed an entirely singular sound, forging grand nature calls around oceanic melodies. The golden archipelago has much in common with its predecessors palo alto and rook both thematically and musically but an added muscle has been added to provide steel upon which to construct the yearning. The golden archipelago is the third album in a triptych of mindblowingly beautiful, dense and ambitious excursions about mans impact on the natural world from austins shearwater. But it was an improvement and a nice expansion on their sound, and perhaps its with more grounded expectations that i feel like im able to enjoy the golden archipelago a little more than its predecessor. If youve visited shearwaters website over the last couple of months, youll have been greeted by an arresting, scratchilyfilmed series of images of mist over mountains, damaged flags and roiling seawaters. We present the 2008 year in news, a roundup of musicrelated triumph, tragedy, and kookery from the pages of over the past year. Okkervils singer and guitarist, will sheff, and backup vocalist and accordionkeyboard player, jonathan meiburg formed shearwater so they could write softer, more folkinfluenced music.
Shearwater was formed by two bandmembers of austin, txs okkervil river. Missing islands recorded and mixed at sonic ranch, public hifi and elmwood studios. Shearwater began hinting at this slowmoving ethereal grind several albums ago and 2010s the golden archipelago serves as the final act of a trilogy begun with 2006s palo santo and further explored with 2008s rook that brings that concept of island. Shearwater jet plane and oxbow steve hoffman music forums. This is immersive, artful music, meant to be examined in. Shearwater released the album on both cd and vinyl. Shearwater is a rather more quietened and nuanced project than okkervil, however, and seems inextricably linked to the natural world. On january 15, 2011, shearwater presented the three albums of their thematicallylinked island arc trilogy palo santo, rook, and the golden archipelago in a soldout, 3hour epic concert with longtime friends and collaborators at austins central presbyterian church. Subscribe to entries all content 2020 by shearwater site questions. Shearwater have pretty clearly defined their sound now, i think, and its airy and dramatic. A calm then, the roaring wall of the eye as we sailed to the world from an insular life from the boughs that had sheltered us all of our liv. Shearwater desktop downloads dive log desktop software. It opens with a choir of islanders singing the national anthem of bikini atoll, and straight away you know youre not in for a normal record. Its the kind of atmosphere that resonates, as if a deep magnetic presence is matching the vocal gusto and the shimmering instrumentals of the band itself.