Shearwater Flows Through the Interface

Posted on Aug 29th 2008 12:00PM by Mike Spinella
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Jonathan Meiburg and his shoegazing post-rock troupe Shearwater have quietly strung together some of the most haunting and intricate melodies on the independent music scene. This year Meiburg has turned his full attention to Shearwater, resulting in his most focused effort to date, 'Rook.' With full band in tow, the multi-instrumentalist laid down the finest tunes in their catalog at the Interface.

"I feel like there's sort of a zeitgeist right now of people mediating more about the natural world and the loss of it, and also there's been a lot more apocalyptic imagery in songs that I'm hearing now," Meiburg explains of the narratives on 'Rook.' It's not all doom and gloom though. Meiburg's fascination for birds and wildlife make their way into the songwriting and album art. He even gave us his best bird call. True story.