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Shearwater: "Castaways" (MP3)

1:41 a.m. · December 3, 2009 · by Matthew Fiander

Next February, Shearwater will return with The Golden Archipelago, their third album for Matador. And now we've got a taste of it in "Castaways." The track picks up steam in a hurry. Hushed folk builds to cinematic heft in just over three minutes, and Jonathan Meiberg's sweet, stately voice spins and falls with the grace of those birds he loves so much. But hell, for an ornithologist, this guy can write a hell of a song.

The Golden Archipelago is out Feb. 23.