Today, JM performs at Rough Trade Bristol playing new songs in honor of the release of The New World, and old songs just because. He may throw a couple covers in too for good measure… Still a few tickets left: link.dice.fm/EEAHJAdKi5b?...

Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater: Acoustic + Signing Tickets | From £15.75 | 3 Aug @ Rough Trade Bristol, Bristol | DICE

Rough Trade Bristol is very excited to present an acoustic performance and signing from Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater at The Listening Bar. This unique even...

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Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings... Great talk with @jonathanmeiburg.bsky.social of @shearwaterband.bsky.social! Aesthetic randomness, Song of Myself, the wonder of the universe, existential lessons from world travel and MORE! 🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsSh...

Thrilled is the word. We are absolutely thrilled.

Shearwater@shearwaterband.bsky.social · last mo.

We’re so stoked to be on All Songs this week. www.npr.org/2026/06/23/n...

JM will be playing an acoustic set and signing copies of The New World on August 1 at Rough Trade West, right after our album is released! Get tickets now: link.dice.fm/l0ab0fdd2ed4

Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater: Acoustic + Signing Tickets | From £14.72 | 1 Aug @ Rough Trade West London, London | DICE

Rough Trade West is very excited to present an acoustic performance and signing from Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater. This unique event celebrates the release...

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Our new video for our latest single “Slugs in the Marigolds” is our favorite since “Quiet Americans.” We don’t want to give too much away, but we’re pretty sure it’ll make you smile. (And keep an eye out—so to speak—for the second ending.) Watch and pre-order: shearwater.lnk.to/TheNewWorld

Please listen to the gorgeous new pair of songs from @shearwaterband.bsky.social. That is all. Thank you.

Shearwater - Daydream Unbeliever [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

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@shearwaterband.bsky.social announce new album 'The New World'; hear two songs, "Daydream Unbeliever" and "More And More"

Shearwater Announce New Album 'The New World': Hear Two Tracks

We haven’t heard from Shearwater since their 2022 album The Great Awakening, but that changes today. The Austin indie rock band is announcing its followup, The New World, and two singles are out now. ...

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Our new album, The New World, will be released worldwide on July 31st (!). But you can watch the JM-directed video for our first single. “Daydream Unbeliever” now. youtu.be/iqfqt1XYuds...

Shearwater - Daydream Unbeliever [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

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The publishing industry views Bluesky as some tiny unimportant island out somewhere in a far-off ocean. It's not worthy of their attention like Amazon Algoland or The Republic Of Instagram Influencer Collaborativepost is. What they don't realise is just how much the island's inhabitants love books.

Other ways to support: Shearwater's founder and primary songwriter @jonathanmeiburg.bsky.social has a patreon! www.patreon.com/c/jonathanme...

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If you see this, post a bird! (birdpodcast.com/2021/07/18/t... with @jonathanmeiburg.bsky.social )

Hunter Walker@hunterw.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If you see this, post a bird!

An update on the album, JM’s trip to Antarctica, tour, and JM’s book! New music soon… youtu.be/V2esSOroIrc?...

Update: Antarctica, Album, Tour, and Book (extended version)

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New writing on the ARK blog:⁣ ⁣ Richard Rees-Jones writes about Rook by Shearwater and⁣ Simon Tyler writes about Tabula Rasa by Arvo Pärt ⁣ www.falsewalls.co.uk/ark @jonathanmeiburg.bsky.social @matadorrecords.bsky.social @viennesewaltz.bsky.social @shearwaterband.bsky.social

On the ARK blog, musicians, writers and others choose an album to write about. ⁣⁣ New post: Richard Rees-Jones writes about Rook by Shearwater (2008)⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ www.falsewalls.co.uk/ark/ @jonathanmeiburg.bsky.social @matadorrecords.bsky.social @viennesewaltz.bsky.social @shearwaterband.bsky.social

A little look at some of the work I’m assisting with as research for my next book.

Shearwater@shearwaterband.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We spy a familiar face (head?) On the Antarctic 2025/2026 AWI Polarstern Expedition blog. Look at JM in full science-mode. (EL) follow-polarstern.awi.de/blog/25-01-2...

We spy a familiar face (head?) On the Antarctic 2025/2026 AWI Polarstern Expedition blog. Look at JM in full science-mode. (EL) follow-polarstern.awi.de/blog/25-01-2...

Bendex Area: How icebergs shape the seafloor – AWI Polarstern

We are currently working in a particularly exciting region: the Bendex Area. In Antarctica, icebergs frequently scrape across the seafloor. Beneath the surface, they can extend up to nine times deeper...

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Hello to everyone from Antarctica! It means so much to me to know that JPOB found a place in your lives…this is really all I hope for from music, the feeling that in making it we might reach other people who feel the same (in the broadest sense). Thank you for keeping this music alive and well. JM

Happy new year to all of you from Antarctica, where I’m deep in book research & tagging along with a crew of mad scientists. But looking forward to returning later this year, carrying stories and songs to share with you.

Friends- We hope these dark days are nevertheless treating you well, and that you have at least a bit of rest in store before the joys and horrors of 2026 lurch into gear. (As for us, we're about to master a new album, and hope/expect that later next year we'll finally return to live performing).

We're depending on some things working out that are not entirely up to us...but, we're doing the best we can to make this happen in the next year.

Kaye Ross@kaye.zone · 8mo ago

I’ve never seen Shearwater live and I’m pretty sure I’ll move heaven and earth to get to a show if they tour for their new album. @shearwaterband.bsky.social

I’ve just learned that a scam has been reaching out to indiegogo users, claiming to be me, offering to ‘help’ with their campaign—& using this phony email: contact.jonathanmeiburg@gmail.com.   No matter what email they use, if you receive a message like this, please know this is not real. (JM)

I can only describe myself as *gob-smacked* to see AMRC among the top 10 best sellers at Third Place Books Ravenna in Seattle this week. Yowza! See the evidence herewith. Many thanks to Rafe Posey for being such a tireless champion of the book. (JM)

So awesome to see the intersection of @mariapopova.bsky.social and @jonathanmeiburg.bsky.social 's minds!

Maria Popova@mariapopova.bsky.social · last yr.

A Plasticity of Being – what a rare bird of prey reveals about the deepest meaning of intelligence www.themarginalian.org/2025/07/23/c...

I’m honored that AMRC found @mariapopova.bsky.social’s curious eyes. And I agree with her.

Maria Popova@mariapopova.bsky.social · last yr.

A Plasticity of Being – what a rare bird of prey reveals about the deepest meaning of intelligence www.themarginalian.org/2025/07/23/c...

Please consider us gob-smacked, and deeply grateful. Thanks for more-than-exceeding our first day expectations for our new album’s crowdfunding campaign! There are still many days to go and great perks, but we wanted to express our gratitude after a banner day. www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-n...

Friends, Four years ago, we launched a crowdfunding campaign for a new Shearwater album—and you helped us create, promote & distribute an LP we loved, without the support of a label. We’re doing that again now, for our nearly-complete new album The New World. www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-n...

How is everyone? We’ve got some news to share (soon).

I can't wait to talk about caracaras, the universe, and everything with David Lindo (The Urban Birder) tomorrow (the 19th) at 7PM UK time. You can sign up to join the call below...or watch it later on his YT channel. www.theurbanbirderworld.com/live-webinars/

In Conservation With

In Conservation With is a series of Zoom interviews with some of the leading figures in the natural history sector. I will be in conservation with birders, ornithologists, biologists, conservationists...

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I've heard from several of you about the yellow-headed caracara that turned up this month in Galveston, Texas—a juvenile, like the one inspecting a snoozing tapir for yummy ectoparasites in one of my favorite pictures from AMRC.

Does anyone remember #askshearwater? Before 2020, we used to make YouTube videos in which I (EL) would ask JM your questions. I’d like to resurrect this… If you have any questions for us, please reply with them!