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Shearwater

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Crossover Prog

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Studio Album, released in 2013

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Our Only Sun (:54)
2. I Luv the Valley OH!! (2:56)
3. Hurts Like Heaven (4:40)
4. Natural One (3:27)
5. Ambiguity (4:02)
6. Cheerleader (3:17)
7. Tomorrow (2:51)
8. A Wake for the Minotaur (3:55)
9. Mary Is Mary (3:43)
10. Fucked Up Life (3:30)

Total Time 33:15

Line-up / Musicians

- Jonathan Meiburg / performer
- Kim Burke / performer
- Lucas Oswald / performer
- Thor Harris / performer
- Cully Symington / performer
- Danny Reisch / performer
- Jenn Wasner / backing vocals (4)
- Elaine Barber / harp (2, 5)
- Clinic / drums (10), bass (10), organ (10), electronic effects (10)
- Chris Flemmons / vocals (7)
- Jesca Hoop / backing vocals (6, 9)
- Christiaan Mader / bass (6)
- Sharon Van Etten / vocals (8)
- David Thomas Broughton / field recordings (2)

Releases information

Recorded at Good Danny's and Public Hi-Fi, Austin, TX, winter 2013.
Assisted by Matt Gerhard (PHF) and Austin Tucker (GD).
Mixed and produced by Danny Reisch.
Mastered by Greg Calbi.

"Our Only Sun" originally written by Jesca Hoop.
"I Luv The Valley Oh!!" written by Xiu Xiu.
"Hurts Like Heaven" written by Coldplay and Brian Eno.
"Natural One" written by the Folk Implosion.
"Ambiguity" written by David Thomas Broughton.
"Cheerleader" written by St. Vincent.
"Tomorrow" written by Clinic.
"Mary Is Mary" written by Wye Oak.
"Fucked Up Life" written by the Baptist Generals.

Artwork by Kahn and Selesnick from "Adrift on the Hourglass Sea."

Sub Pop - SP 1050 (CD + Vinyl + Limited edition vinyl)

Thanks to Gordy for the addition
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SHEARWATER Fellow Travelers ratings distribution

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Review by kenethlevine
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog-Folk Team

With the possible exception of one track, this is an album of covers, but of the also rans rather than the classics, based on the dubious choice of artists with whom SHEARWATER had toured in the decade prior to release. Since I had already invested too much time in the reviewing exercise before my compatriot gently broke the news to me, I am hereby shattering my unwritten rule that states such albums are beneath my station and best to pretend it's not part of the truly "official" discography of major releases. After multiple listens, my policy is as intact as ever, but here we are.

LIke a musical Stockholm Syndrome, "Fellow Travelers" attempts to persuade us that those late nights with guitars and groupies are as important to us as to them. It's a sentimental move by Meiburg and co and I am not averse to shmaltz but prefer it in the music. It's a given that Shearwater's versions are generally superior to the originals, other than COLDPLAY's "Hurts Like Heaven", but that's about all I can say. The highlights are two heavier numbers "I Love the Valley Oh" and "Natural One", with "Tomorrow" almost reaching that plateau, and "Mary is Mary" the best of the balladic as it sounds most like what the group might do on its own, or at least might have done 10 years earlier. "My F'd up Life" isn't terrible either,. with vocal emphasis that could have passed for PETE MORTON. Too bad they didn't tour with him.

This isn't prime time Shearwater in any manner and, while a case could be made fo rounding up in support of the "making something out of nothing" argument, I didn't ask them to attempt it, and I can't help feeling duped into a bargain trip when I would have rather stayed home.

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