Okay, so I put it on the OR side of the message board, but now I'm gonna put it here, too:

This is a great album. Really. I'm not just saying that. If you're reading this, and you haven't bought it yet, go buy it. IF you can't simply do that because all the stores are closed, you need to get in a car that goes very very fast, drive it to a different time zone and buy it there. If there's no good record store in that time zone, then you need to look harder. Why did you stop in Nevada, for Christ's sake? So close to California and I KNOW Amoeba's got it. Why don't you go to Amoeba in SFC and BUY THE NEW SHEARWATER? It was made for all of us, and yet we aren't giving it the respect it deserves. If you see the band in concert, buy it from them, even ifyou already have it, just so Will will smile at you in that neat way that he does that says "thank you so much for buying this."

Then listen to it.

You might have to put the third and eleventh songs on repeat several times. I have.

This band loves you. This band would not die for you, but it would probably take some injuries as long as they weren't permanent. You deserve a break today: Buy Shearwater.

thank you,

Danen

I think The Set Table is the prettiest song i've ever heard. Thank you.

I agree. Winged Life is at the very top of my Albums of the Year list

(Actually, it made it to number 2)

I love the way it seems to start with the same plucked strings thingy that the previous album ends with

haha, funny -- it's #2 on my top albums too! check out my list, http://www.freelancedesign.biz/albums2004/

-Joe