Palo Santo is Shearwater

Shearwater (band)

Shearwater is an American indie rock band formed in Austin, Texas in 1999 by Okkervil River members Jonathan Meiburg and Will Sheff, although Sheff is no longer with Shearwater.-History:...

's fourth full-length album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

, released on May 9, 2006, on Misra Records

Misra Records

Misra Records is an independent record label run out of Durham, North Carolina with branch offices in Washington D.C., Seattle, Washington, and Los Angeles, California....

. The album was re-released in an expanded, partly re-recorded, fully remastered and repackaged edition on April 10, 2007, on the label Matador Records

Matador Records

Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of indie rock artists and bands.-History:Matador was started by Chris Lombardi in 1989 in his New York City apartment. The following year, Lombardi was joined by former Homestead Records manager Gerard Cosloy, and the two of them have...

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2006 release

1. "La Dame et la Licorne" – 5:19
2. "Red Sea, Black Sea" – 2:58
3. "White Waves" – 4:21
4. "Palo Santo" – 3:45
5. "Seventy-four, Seventy-five" – 3:21
6. "Nobody" – 3:02
7. "Sing, Little Birdie" – 3:10
8. "Johnny Viola" – 2:30
9. "Failed Queen" – 5:51
10. "Hail, Mary" – 5:11
11. "Going Is Song" – 3:41

2007 re-release

The release includes new versions of the tracks "La Dame et la licorne", "Red Sea, Black Sea", "Seventy-four, Seventy-five", "Johnny Viola" and "Hail Mary", remastered versions of the other tracks retained from the original 2006 release, and a bonus CD containing demos and miscellaneous tracks.

Disk 1

1. "La Dame et la Licorne" – 5:27
2. "Red Sea, Black Sea" – 3:09
3. "White Waves" – 4:20
4. "Palo Santo" – 3:48
5. "Seventy-four, Seventy-five" – 3:24
6. "Nobody" – 3:01
7. "Sing, Little Birdie" – 3:10
8. "Johnny Viola" – 2:29
9. "Failed Queen" – 5:50
10. "Hail, Mary" – 6:16
11. "Going Is Song" – 3:42

Disk 2

1. "My Only Boy" - 4:39
2. "Every Hook, Every Eye" - 2:20
3. "Special Rider Blues" (Skip James Cover) - 5:21
4. "Sing, Little Birdie" (Demo) - 3:05
5. "Palo Santo" (Demo) - 3:45
6. "Discontinuities" - 3:41
7. "Red Sea, Black Sea" (Demo) - 3:10
8. "Failed Queen" (Demo) - 6:27

External links

• Misra Records
• Official Shearwater site
• The Ascent of Palo Santo Album Mini-site