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31 July 2026 – Shearwater Enter ‘The New World’ Without A Map
By Editorial Team - July 31, 2026
Summary
Shearwater release 9-track crowdfunded album 'The New World' via Secretly, featuring Jonathan Meiburg and a Laurie Anderson collaboration.
Key Facts
- Shearwater release crowdfunded 9-track album 'The New World' via Secretly.
- Led by Jonathan Meiburg, featuring global instrumentation including qanun and ngoni.
- Includes notable collaboration with Laurie Anderson on 'You and Your Dog'.
- Entities: Shearwater, Jonathan Meiburg, The New World, Laurie Anderson, Secretly, London, Berlin, New York, Texas
- Tags: shearwater, jonathan-meiburg, the-new-world, laurie-anderson, secretly, indie-rock, album-release
Shearwater release 'The New World', a nine-track album independently produced and crowdfunded by the band before distribution through Secretly. Recorded across London, Berlin, New York and Texas, the project expands Jonathan Meiburg’s writing with contributions from musicians working across clarinet, saxophone, qanun, ngoni, percussion and guitar.
Songs including 'Daydream Unbeliever', 'More and More' and the Laurie Anderson collaboration 'You and Your Dog' examine confusion, tenderness and the feeling of waking into a world already on fire. The album’s scale is international, but its questions remain personal: how to respond, where to begin and whether music can make anybody feel slightly less alone inside the confusion. The new world has arrived. Predictably, the instruction manual is missing. Explore more indie rock releases.