We haven't heard from Shearwater since their 2022 album The Great Awakening, but that changes today. The Austin indie rock band is announcing its followup, The New World, and two singles are out now.
"Daydream Unbeliever" and "More And More" are our first previews of the record, which is self-released with the help of Secretly Distribution after six albums on Sub Pop and Matador. It was also crowdfunded and self-produced.
"If you're like us, you wake up feeling like the world's on fire, and hoping you could reckon with it if you knew where to begin," says frontman Jonathan Meiburg, "'Daydream Unbeliever' and 'More And More' come from this uneasy place. If they help you feel a little less insane, welcome home."
"Daydream Unbeliever" features Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart banging a gong. Other guests on the LP include multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily, saxophonist and clarinetist Doug Wieselman, qanunist Farouz Zriek, guitarist Leo Abrahams, ngonist Mamadou Kouyate, percussionists Mahamadou Tounkara and Moctar Kouyate (of Malian group Ngoni Ba), and drummer Thor Harris. Hear "Daydream Unbeliever" and "More And More" below.
TRACKLIST:
01 "Even Song"
02 "More And More"
03 "Daydream Unbeliever"
04 "A Mink In The Dusk"
05 "The Only Sound I’m Afraid Of"
06 "The High Ranges"
07 "Slugs In The Marigolds"
08 "Anamnesia"
09 "You And Your Dog"
The New World is out 7/31 via Polyborus / Secretly. Pre-order it here.
