Rook
- Shearwater
- Band Name: Shearwater
- Record Label: Matador
- Release Date: Jun 3, 2008
- Summary: The Austin-based band cofounded by Okkervil River's Jonathan Meiburg releases its fifth album.
- Record Label: Matador
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 20
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Mixed: 0 out of 20
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Negative: 1 out of 20
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With Rook they have fashioned an album that is melodic, tender, outstanding but above all, captivating. One thing is for sure, this is one of the best albums of the year.
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Meiburg's voice focuses each track on quietly bold melodies, strung through with excitement, wonder, and joy.
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The songs here tend to go nowhere for a quiet couple of minutes before bursting randomly into tightly composed melodrama, which could be mistaken for actually going somewhere.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 18
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Mixed: 2 out of 18
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Negative: 2 out of 18
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StanleyD10
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ChristopherH5
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DavidA.3
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