If there was one album I was the most excited about next year, it would be Shearwater’s third release, The Golden Archipelago. Apparently the theme of the record this time around is life on islands and if I were to guess, I’d say the music will represent the isolation, beauty, and sense of gravity involved in living and traveling to these small areas of land.
The CD will come packaged with a 50-page perfect-bound book including records, photos, regulations and images collected by Shearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg. The LP will contain 2 bonus tracks & an MP3 download coupon (that includes the album + PDF of the dossier). (Note: LP pre-orders will ALSO receive a copy of the CD-sized perfect bound book.) (WANT!) Preorder the album, and get a 15% discount plus the extras noted above.
The new track, Castaways, sounds demanding and confident, like a voyager’s theme. If this is any indication of what’s to come with Shearwater, paint me excited.
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Shearwater – Castaways from The Golden Archipelago (2010)
Shearwater – The Golden Archipelago Teaser
Shearwater will be touring Europe and the US the spring. US dates still to be announced; European dates are as follows:
17 Feb: Melkweg – Amsterdam (NL)
18 Feb: Botanique – Brussel (B)
19 Feb: Le Nouveau Casino – Paris (F)
20 Feb: La Route du Rock winter edition @ L’Omnibus – Saint-Malô (F)
21 Feb: The Freebutt – Brighton (UK)
22 Feb: The Brudenell Social Club – Leeds (UK)
23 Feb: Captains Rest – Glasgow (UK)
25 Feb: Scala – London (UK)
26 Feb: 4AD – Diksmuide (B)
27 Feb: Knust – Hamburg (D)
28 Feb: Magnet club – Berlin (D)
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2 Mar: Rote Sonne – Munich (D)
3 Mar: L’Usine (PTR) – Geneva (CH)
4 Mar: Nouveau Monde – Fribourg (CH)
5 Mar: La Casa 139 – Milan (I)