Bonus: Video of Jonathan Meiburg studying rooks in the Falkland Islands!
Bird nerds Shearwater have extended their tour in support of the Rook LP, which comes out June 3 via Matador. The band has announced a set of shows with Frog Eyes and Evangelicals in mid-June, after they are done accompanying Clinic on their May tour.
Anchoring Shearwater's new dates are special appearances in NYC and Austin, Texas (the band's hometown), where they will play Rook in its entirety with accompaniment from woodwinds, trumpets, a harpist, and a string quartet. These shows also will feature Rook cover artists Kahn & Selesnick doing projections. A limited edition 7" featuring Rook's "Rooks" and non-album track "The Rainbow" (a previously unreleased Talk Talk cover) will be for sale at both of these shows.
Both Frog Eyes and Evangelicals have dates on their own (and together) as well.
And as an added bonus, here are clips of lead Shearwater dude Jonathan Meiburg down in the Falkland Islands, working with a team of bird researchers studying the rare Striated Caracaras (aka "Johnny Rooks"). Those babies may be cute, but be careful-- they're birds of prey.
