I love Shearwater, and Shearwater loves Xiu Xiu. A bizarre love triangle only made more confusing by the fact that that I love Xiu Xiu. The love affair between the bands began with a joint tour many years ago now and has continued through more performances together and, now, in this cover. The track will be featured on a new record of covers by Shearwater entitled Fellow Travelers. Full tracklist below. Listen, here’s the honest truth, I’m rocking out to this song so much that I can’t write this post; I keep having to correct letters I’ve left out of words and restarting sentences that make no sense. Just–watch it. Shearwater launches a global tour next year; full dates follow the tracklisting.
Tour Dates
North America:
Feb. 06 – Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room
Feb. 07 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
Feb. 08 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
Feb. 13 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
Feb. 14 – Vancouver, BC – Media Club
Feb. 15 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
Feb. 18 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
Feb. 19 – Denver, CO – Hi Dive
Feb. 22 – Austin, TX – The North Door
Mar. 19 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
Mar. 21 – Washington, DC – Rock and Roll Hotel
Mar. 22 – Brooklyn, NY – The Bell House
Mar. 25 – Allston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
Mar. 27 – Toronto, ON- Horseshoe Tavern
Mar. 28 – Grand Rapids, MI – Pyramid Scheme
Mar. 29 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
Europe:
Apr. 23 – Vienna, AT – Szene
Apr. 24 – Dresden, DE – Beatpol
Apr. 25 – Berlin, DE – Privatclub
Apr. 26 – Copenhagen, DK – Loppen
Apr. 27 – Hamburg, DE – Indra
Apr. 28 – Amsterdam, NL – Bitterzoet
Apr. 29 – Brussel, BE – Botanique
Apr. 30 – London, UK – XOYO
May 01 – Manchester, UK – Deaf Institute
May 02 – Bristol, UK – The Fleece
May 04 – Gent, BE – Democrazy / Venue TBC
May 07 – Fribourg, CH – Fri-Son
May 08 – Milan, IT – La Salumeria della Musica
May 09 – Zurich, CH – Bogen F
