Austinist Giveaway: Shearwater at Emo's, Tonight

Shearwater's back in town tonight for the penultimate stop of their summer tour, and seeing as how we were floored by their new album, Palo Santo, we're looking forward to the Emo's show:

Palo Santo shows Shearwater progressing from straight-forward folk tunes to something richer and harder to pin down. Folk elements remain prominent, but the band demonstrates skill at pilfering the best elements of other genres as well. Bits of gospel, rock, and even classic Brit pop are in the mix, as is a bit of early Velvet Underground. When belting out tunes, vocalist Jonathan Meiburg can sound a bit like Tim Booth of James.

Some excellent downloads:

[mp3] Seventy-Four, Seventy-Five
[mp3] Red Sea, Black Sea
[mp3] La Dame Et La Licorne
(above from Good Hodgkins)

[mp3] All The Pretty Horses (Jonathon Meiburg)
[mp3] Mountain Laurel
[mp3] Mistakes
[mp3] Good Deed
(above from The Rich Girls Are Weeping)

[Myspace]

[Official Site]

We're giving away a few tickets to the show. Enter below!

Congrats, Preston!

Shearwater, with Court and Spark, Chris Flemmons (Baptist Generals), Michael Kingcaid (What Made Milwaukee Famous)
Friday, July 14
Emo's
10pm
[tickets]

* Photo by Mary Sledd