The Dissolving Room

Shearwater

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 20, 2001)
• Original Release Date: February 20, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Grey Flat
• ASIN: B000059T3B
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #245,952 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Summer*Salts, March 2001
There's a certain level of beauty and unironic sincerity here that is rarely matched by bands of this type.

Product Description
Featuring sparse, mostly acoustic instrumentation (lightly augmented by piano, violin, pedal steel, accordion, banjo, cello, and glockenspiel), Shearwater's The Dissolving Room at times evokes musical forebears like Nick Drake and Leonard Cohen as well as indie songwriters like Belle and Sebastian, Smog's Bill Callahan, and Elliot Smith.

Intended as a late-night album in the vein of Drake's Pink Moon, The Dissolving Room showcases the songwriting talents of both Sheff (whose work with Okkervil River has been compared by reviewers to Will Oldham, the Magnetic Fields, and Lee Hazlewood) and Meiburg (who, with his distinctive falsetto, echoes Jeff Buckley and Thom Yorke) in terse, intimate songs about fall, hospitals, hummingbirds, and true crime.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great music for times when you need quiet, March 11, 2002

By A Customer

Lately I have been in great need for music that indulges my need for solitude, and this album really gives me what I need. It seems not to many people know about this album, but if you are prone to turning everything off and just listening to music then add this one to your plate. There are some string bass and I think cello accompaniments and I guess if you like Elliot Smith or The Rolling Stones "Ruby Tuesday" style music, you will like this...I am not good at comparing this band...they are not exactly like anybody else, but just to give you an idea about what I mean.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So beautiful, you'll get the chills!, May 7, 2001

By	Zach A. Thomas (San Marcos, Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This record is a stunning debut from two of Austin's most talented young songwriters. At once emotional and subdued, the songs float around themes of secret passions, unrest, and always the encroaching shadow of death. The arrangements are sparse and pure, and the lyrics are dreamy and poetic. Definitely check this out if you like Belle & Sebastian or Nick Drake....

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cancerous love songs, November 24, 2001

By	Blake B. Ellis "Wizard" (Louisville, Ky, 40204) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

These songs are so painful and true... His voice is so sweet and full of heartache... This is good stuff. But be warned- it might break your heart.