The Golden Archipelago
Following career-peak Rook, Jonathan Meiburg and co. return with another excellent record of restrained grandiosity and enigmatic grace.
On 2008’s magnificent Rook, Shearwater finally delivered on the promise of previous albums with a taut, hook-filled batch of art rock singles that were as emotionally powerful as they were melodically sound.
The third section of the band’s triptych of albums that began with ‘Palo Santo’ and continued with 2008’s ‘Rook’, ‘The Golden Archipelago’ continues the themes of man’s impact on the
Shearwater’s The Golden Archipelago is the kind of album that makes other bands look lazy.
Over their past two albums -- Palo Santo and Rook -- Shearwater have giving us a well-orchestrated, shimmering beauty.
Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago review: Thought progression over the last week or so: This is pretty good. This is real good. This is excellent. This is fantastic.