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Shearwater: Jet Plane and Oxbow

Michael Azerrad, subpop.com, October 2015

JET PLANE and Oxbow, Shearwater's second original full-length for Sub Pop, is their career-defining album — the leap forward those of us who've been watching them for years have always believed they would make. Lush, powerful, and grand, with a confident edge heard more often in their live shows than on record, it feels like the musical statement they've been working toward through five albums and a decade on the road. It's an album that captures the light and darkness of our time through the lens of one of our most unique and, for a growing number of ardent fans, treasured bands.

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