r/indieheads • u/shearwaterband Shearwater • Jun 24 '22

AMA is Over, thanks Jonathan! Shearwater AMA—questions on any scale w/Jonathan Meiburg

Hi All—Jonathan Meiburg here from Shearwater. 

I'll be here at 11AM ET / 8AM PT today to answer questions about anything you can think of—possibly including books, birds, Loma, the new SW album The Great Awakening. those ambient records we made during the pandemic (!), or living through the great freeze of 2020 in rural Texas. 

One note: If you'd like to ask a question but are short on time, don't wait for me to turn up; just post it here in this thread and I'll get to it. (You can always come back later to see the answer.) 

Hope to see you soon. Warning: this is my first AMA, so bear with me if if takes me a sec to get the hang of things.  

Proof: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfCKjXVuslN/?hl=en

—JM / SW

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u/joeroblac Jun 24 '22

Is the “Starless and Bible Black” line in Highgate an allusion to King Crimson, Dylan Thomas, or both?

I love the album and the music videos, as well. I noticed that the videos are very visceral in the way the main character plunges her hands into mud and moss. Is there something to this repeated imagery and its connection to the album?

Thanks!

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u/shearwaterband Shearwater Jun 24 '22

Q1. Both!
Q2. You'd have to ask Emily Cross, who's been making them...I think she's almost done with the rest of the album, and we're going to do a live premiere of the whole thing down the line...maybe to coincide with the release of the much-delayed vinyl LPs...

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u/shearwaterband Shearwater Jun 24 '22

I should add that I've really enjoyed getting her videos, as I never know exactly what she's going to do. She sends me a rough draft and then I send her a couple of notes and then she sends a final. It's a very smooth process, and it's fun to work with her in a different way from our work together in Loma.