Biography

Shearwater is a side project by singer-songwriters Will Sheff and Jonathan Meiburg. When the duo formed in 1999, Sheff and Meiburg were the singer and keyboardist, respectively, in the folkish Austin indie rockers Okkervil River. Shearwater were initially conceived as a temporary outlet for a quieter and more reflective sound, but the success of their 2001 debut album, THE DISSOLVING ROOM, led to the formation of a full-sized band, with the addition of bassist Kim Burke (at the time Meiburg's wife), drummer Thor Harris, and multi-instrumentalist Howard Draper, and the continuation of Shearwater as an ongoing project alongside Okkervil River.

Top Tracks

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• (i've Got A) Right To Cry

• All The Black Days 2

• An Insular Life

• Animal Life

• Castaways

• Century Eyes

• Dread Sovereign

• Grey Lining

• Meridian

• Red Sea, Black Sea

• Rooks

• Sealed

• Seventy-four, Seventy-five

• Star Of The Age

• Sung Into The Street

• The Ice Covered Everything

• The Left Side

• The Snow Leopard

• Well, Benjamin

• Whipping Boy

Discography

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• Animal Joy

  Sub Pop

  2012

• The Golden Archipelago

  Matador

  2010

• Rook

  Matador

  2008

• Palo Santo

  Misra

  2006

• Winged Life

  Absolutely Kosher / Misra

  2004

• Everybody Makes Mistakes

  Absolutely Kosher / Misra

  2002

• The Dissolving Room

  Grey Flat Records

  2001