Shearwater

Shearwater was formed by two bandmembers of Austin, TX‚Äôs Okkervil River. Okkervil‚Äôs singer and guitarist, Will Sheff, and back-up vocalist and accordion/keyboard player, Jonathan Meiburg formed Shearwater so they could write softer, more folk-influenced music. Band members today include Jonathan Meiburg, Thor Harris, Kim Burke, Jordan Geiger, and Kevin Schneider.To date, Shearwater has released five full-length albums 'The Dissolving Room,' 'Everybody Makes Mistakes,' 'Winged Life‚' 'Palo Santo' and 'Rook' as well as an EP entitled Thieves and a split album with Okkervil River entitled Sham Wedding/Hoax Funeral. Beginning at some point in 2005, Will Sheff lessened his role in the band. Jonathan Meiburg wrote the entirety of Palo Santo. As a biologist, Jonathan has a particular perspective. The songs of Palo Santo were partly written at the Galapagos Islands in the footsteps of Charles Darwin. And he evolves with beautiful pictures of nature at Rook.