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Shearwater is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Damien Jurado, Low, David Bowie, Sharon Van Etten and Swimming. Those roots explain a lot about how Shearwater arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Wye Oak, Aldous Harding, Junip, Laura Veirs and Yeasayer, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Okkervil River and Talk Talk, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Shearwater, reaching back through Damien Jurado and forward to Okkervil River. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Shearwater connections
Shearwater grew out of Damien Jurado, Low, David Bowie and Sharon Van Etten, shares an orbit with Wye Oak, Aldous Harding, Junip and Laura Veirs, went on to shape Okkervil River and Talk Talk. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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