i can proudly say that there are two bands that i have
followed over the course of my lifetime that with each
album release have constantly evolved and improved, one
being The National and the second Shearwater.
This is Shearwater's first offering on their new label
sub-pop and it seems that they have a new lease on life,
gone are the mystical strings and airy almost folk-lore
song structures, this album rocks. Driving drums make the
backbone to each song with frontman Jonathan Meiburg's
soaring Tim Buckely vocal stylings floating over angry
guitar riffs, but don't let me misguide you this is still
a beautiful album, there are still hints of old that make
Shearwater the band that i fell in love with, it's just
that well Meiburg who is the driving force behind the band
seems happy for lack of a better word.
Best listened to loud armed with a scotch in hand from start
to finish like all worthwhile albums, Animal Joy is not the
masterpiece that i know Shearwater have in them but they are
getting closer with each and every album and i guess that's
all we can ask from any band.
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