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We’ve mentioned it before, but it’s really worth mentioning again: Shearwater is playing at the Bell Tower in Pullman on Friday, April 30th. Check David Dalbey’s poster for the details, or keep on reading.
The show starts at 8 PM and kicks off with Lawrence, Kansas’ Hospital Ships. The band is fronted by one Jordan Geiger, who occasionally plays the trumpet for Shearwater. NPR liked his 2009 LP, Oh, Ramona quite a bit.
Next on the bill: Baltimore, Maryland duo Wye Oak. The band, a pair of multi-instrumentalists named Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack, have two LPs (including 2009′s well-received The Knot) as well as a brand-new EP, My Neighbor, My Creator. Their Americana takes frequent and surprising left turns, and The Knot really is worth your time.
Finally, of course, Shearwater’s thrilling and epic live show. They’re touring in support of their menacing, beautiful new Matador LP, The Golden Archipelago. Few bands care about the album as an art form quite like Jonathan Meiburg and company, and the record’s thoughtful and compelling songs reward digging into the work as a whole. Doubtless you’ve bumped into lead single “Castaways“, a fine song that only improves in its natural surroundings on the LP. The record completes a trilogy of sorts initiated by 2007′s Palo Santo and continued in 2008′s killer Rook. Meiburg tells our friends at the Inlander that the three aren’t linked so much by a shared concept, but more by “an emotional wholeness to the record, to the entire journey.” The detail and care Shearwater put into their records—how the songs relate and flow, how each work relates and flows with other albums—carries over to their grand and eloquent live performances. We are really looking forward to this one.
What’ll the show set you back? $12 if you pay ahead, $15 if you wait till you’re at the Bell Tower door on the night of the show. Shearwater’s last big tour had them opening ticketmastered arenas for Coldplay, but this go-round, they’re playing smaller venues like Pullman’s Bell Tower (complete with a Beer Garden!) for less than the price of one “convenience” fee.
So’s you know, this’ll be Stereopathic’s last show of the school year (next up, Roadside Graves on Friday, August 6th!) So spread the word! Tweet it and retweet it, and see you there.
Shearwater:
Corridors from 2010′s The Golden Archipelago
The band’s 2006 Daytrotter Session
Wye Oak:
Talking About Money from 2009′s The Knot
The band’s 2009 Daytrotter Session
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Here’s a shout-out from the Inlander: http://www.inlander.com/spokane/article-14954-musicology.html