SHEARWATER make me want to paint BLACK on my EYES and get epic /// The Burning Ear

in the heat of the act is a crack in the ice

How is it possible that we are now 3 days after the Oscars and I have no idea who won anything, not even best picture? I know it says more about my multi-tiered seclusion from Hollyworld than anything else but I would have guessed that a pop-up ad or a stray email fwd: would have dropped some knowledge on me. Anyway, I was thinking about The Oscars because I was thinking about Braveheart and I was thinking about Braveheart because I was listening to this epicness from Shearwater that makes me want to lurk through a forest on my way to conquer a distant land. I have been really digging “Black Eyes”‘ soaring grandiosity and utilizing it to soundtrack the more mundane events of my day. That piano is chillingly excellent and at a perfect teeth brushing tempo! I don’t know much of Shearwater’s music but they have been around for a while and are fronted by a guy who until recently was also in Okkervil River, another band I don’t know. The vastness of my ignorance is overwhelming at the moment so I’m avoiding delving deeper into Shearwater’s latest, The Golden Archipelago. If I hear that all the tracks are this great I might have a lot of catching up to do.

Bury your face in MySpace /// eMusic too

Written by: Brandon on March 10, 2010.

Tagged as: Okkervil River, Shearwater

Zachary

I don't know about the entirety of The Golden Archipelago, but I can certainly speak for the awesomeness that is “Castaways.” Like books, check it out.
candace

I gave you Okkervil River! It's me-music – slow and lyrical – but I can see the connections because it's musically very very solid. I just checked, and “A Stone” is on that list I gave you. Go forth and listen!

(BTW: The Hurt Locker won a bunch of awards and Sandra Bullock took out Carey Mulligan for Best Actress. It was not worth losing sleep over. All I can say is at least they didn't give Best Picture to Up In the Air.)
http://www.TheBurningEar.com/ Brandon @ TBE

I shall listen.

I started watching The Hurt Locker a few weeks ago only to realize I had
already watched it last year. Ouch.

Sandra Bullock was nominated for an Oscar!! Wait, you can't mean The
Proposal!? A film in which the main comedic element was her chasing a shitty
CGI bird that had stolen her cellphone?

I have never heard of Carey Mulligan.

Up in The Air left a weird taste in my mouth-brain.
http://www.TheBurningEar.com/ Brandon @ TBE

Cool, thanks. I'll nab that one off eMusic ASAP!