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Shearwater
The Dissolving Room
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Mulholland
2. Ella is the First Rider
3. Grey Lining
4. Angelina
5. Sung into the Street
6. Little Locket
7. Military Clothes
8. The Left Side
9. Not Tonight
10. If You Stay Sober
11. Long Ride
12. This Confiscated House

CD Details

All Artists: Shearwater
Title: The Dissolving Room
Members Wishing: 5
Total Copies: 0
Original Release Date: 2/20/2001
Release Date: 2/20/2001
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock
Styles: Indie & Lo-Fi, Singer-Songwriters
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 660355951220

Synopsis

Album 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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CD Reviews

Great music for times when you need quiet

03/12/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"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."

So beautiful, you'll get the chills!

Zach A. Thomas | San Marcos, Texas | 05/07/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"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...."