Review: Shearwater - Rook

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No one can deny that Shearwater has an infatuation with birds. Indeed, their band name is a species of bird, the background of their website features birds, they named an album Winged Life, they put two birds on the cover of their Thieves EP, and their latest album, Rook, is also named after a species of bird. This bird metaphor works well as a descriptor of the band's sound, particularly vocalist Jonathan Meiburg's voice, as well as a descriptor of the band's history and growth. In broad context, the band's flight upwards puts Rook at Shearwater's apogee,...

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