Shearwater Plays Lodger (2016 AV Club Version)

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Jeff Palmer Love Shearwater because they constantly acknowledge their roots in Bowie and late Talk Talk.

Don Becker Note perfect and a fitting tribute.

Tim Shearwater did such a great job on this! Personally, other than the obvious singles - this was my first introduction of the Lodger LP. I love Bowie, but never got around to listening to that album. When I did, it was fun to listening to it from the reverse perspective of "How does the original compare to the Shearwater version?".

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	1.	Fantastic Voyage 03:18
	2.	African Night Flight 02:48
	3.	Move On 03:25
	4.	Yassassin (Turkish for: Long Live) 04:06
	5.	Red Sails 04:39
	6.	DJ 05:06
	7.	Look Back in Anger 04:17
	8.	Boys Keep Swinging 02:52
	9.	Repetition 02:57
	10.	Red Money 05:22

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NOTE: The vinyl version is SOLD OUT. The merchandise item for sale is the digital download only.
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When we decided to cover a few songs from David Bowie’s weird and wonderful Lodger album as part of our tour for Jet Plane and Oxbow this year, we meant it as pure fun — a way to tip our hats to a record we loved. We were rehearsing it when Bowie died, and it suddenly felt different; heavier, of course, but more meaningful, and ultimately even more joyful.

This spring, we played a few songs from Lodger on tour each night in Europe and North America, but we only played the entire album four times – in Chicago, New York, Seattle, and for the Onion’s A.V. Club, who filmed us playing it in their office. (To the best of my knowledge, DB never performed about half the songs on the album live, though he often mentioned it as one of his favorites.)

As it turned out, the A.V. Club caught us at just the right moment – relaxed, intent, and a little goofy. You can see the videos of the entire performance here.

After it was posted online, a number of people asked if we had thought about releasing this performance on vinyl. We’re not a cover band, but we decided to do it, both as an expression of gratitude for Bowie’s work and as a document of a special performance.

And I figured, if we’re going to do it, we ought to do it right.

So I took the high-res 24-bit mixes of the show to be mastered by the legendary Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound. Greg’s worked on all our albums since Rook — but he also mastered the original Lodger in 1979 (!), a symmetry too tempting to pass up. The lacquer master was cut by Ray Janos (also at Sterling), and the record was pressed by RTI in California, one of the best pressing plants in the world.

All this for a one-time, limited edition of 500 copies. It’s not the cheapest way to do it, but definitely the best. The records sound (and look) great. I only wish DB were still around to hear it.

Many thanks for reading, and for supporting us.

Jonathan Meiburg / Shearwater

credits

released July 17, 2016

Recorded live by Mike Lust at the A.V. Club, March 20, 2016
Mixed by Lucas Oswald
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound
Lacquer cut by Ray Janos

JM: vocals, guitar
Josh Halpern: drums
Emily Lee: vocals, keyboard, violin
Lucas Oswald: guitar, vocals
Sadie Powers: bass

Cover photos by Emily Lee
Back cover photo by Leonardo Garcia
Art direction by Shearwater and JK
Design by Jeff Kleinsmith

A.V. Club video directed by Leonardo Adrian Garcia
Edited by Dominic del Carmine
Camera operators: Kelsie Hardison, Ryan Natoli, Abe Zverow

Thanks to Jonathan Kade, Emily Lee, Jonathan Poneman, Jeff Kleinsmith, Deron Pulley, Laura Browning, Josh Modell, Jay Demko, Jamie Dobie, Brian Reitzell, Leigh Petersen, and all who so kindly donated to fund this project.

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