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Great Albums of the 2000's
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On their breakthrough release Rook, Shearwater provides each number with more dimensions than most bands demonstrate on entire albums. The Austin quartet's follow-up to 2006’s Nico-inspired Palo Santo springs to life with "On the Death of the Waters," which unfolds like a sleepy ballad, swells into an orchestral maelstrom, and contracts in a cluster of minor-key piano chords. Like the best opening tracks, it commands attention, but "The Snow Leopard," where they combine the grandeur of Sigur Rós with the flamenco-inflected heartbreak of Forever Changes-era Love, serves as the centerpiece of this ecologica
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Manufacturer: Matador Records
Release date: 3 June 2008
EAN: 0744861077725 UPC: 744861077725
Release date: 3 June 2008
EAN: 0744861077725 UPC: 744861077725
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