Winged Life

Shearwater

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 16, 2004)
• Original Release Date: March 16, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Misra Records
• ASIN: B0001HAIAO
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #103,775 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Album, May 1, 2004

By	Shamus Macgillicuddy (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

Though Okkervil River and Shearwater share band members (most noticeably singer-songwriters Will Sheff and Jonathan Meiburg), and the lyrics of both bands tend to sound a little like Raymond Carver stories (I'm not kidding), they differ sharply in tone. Okkervil River: Occasionally rollicking with patches of darkness and yearning. Shearwater: Drifting, damaged and picking up the pieces.

WINGED LIFE is something new. It's like Shearwater has picked-up the pieces and started to build. Still a very different band from Okkervil River, WINGED LIFE finds Shearwater exploring and expanding and generally developing into something new. Like a mopey guy who's finally managed to distill knowledge from his sadness, and move on (with a touch of melancholy) into an uncertain future.

Anyway, whether this new mood garners a third band name is up to the boys in charge. But whatever they're called, you should check out the full body of work that these musicians are producing. It's exciting and vital and beautiful.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top Offering of 2004, September 16, 2004

By	M. Gaines (Alabama, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Hands down one of the most beautifully crafted pieces of music you'll ever here this year, that is, if you choose to pick up a copy. Be sure not to loan this one out as you'll never get it back.
Amazing writing and studio performance, production guided by the amazing Matt Pence (centro matic).

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shallow, June 15, 2005

By	Jim Carey "stabbyappleton" (Hollywood, CA) - See all my reviews

...but not in a bad way. In fact not as a negative description at all, but rather the way this melodic razor cuts. The perfect album to fall asleep or commit suicide to. Stunning and haunting. Meiburg's distant vocals, paired with Sheff's, creep out over lush and dreamlike landscapes of sound. I cannot seriously do this group justice in my pathetic, fan ravings.