Gorgeous, epic music

[Wotan]

I just recently found a new indie band to love on.

  They're an outfit called Shearwater, and they're out of Austin, TX.

  I found their song "The Snow Leopard" particularly nice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs_rmI1TtQE

[ShadowKitten]

....wow.

for an american band, i gotta say...thats good soft rock... which i can RARELY say for the soft rock genre...

sent it off to all my snow leopard furry friends too =^.^=

thanks for sharing

[Sedyah]

Absolutely Loved this Wotan! Thanks Sweetie

~Sedyah~

[Josiah]

Wow, great production, too! The drum sound especially... so huge and warm sounding. Like a fuzzy blanket.

~Josiah

[Wotan]

I also found the lyrics:

  The Snow Leopard - By Shearwater

The way is to climb
The way is to lie still
And let the moon do its work on your body

And then to rise
Through forests and oceans of lives
And through the way of the black rocks, splitting, wide,
And flow
Ten thousand miles.

Well, I've had enough,
Wasting my body, my life
I'll come away, come away from the shallows

But can this sullen child,
As bound as the ox that I ride,
Climb to the heart of the white wind, singing, high,
And blow
Through my frozen eyes?

[Wotan]

....wow.

for an american band, i gotta say...thats good soft rock... which i can RARELY say for the soft rock genre...

  To be honest, I'm more inclined to classify them as Indy Prog-Rock.  Prog because of the epic structure of the song, the slow build, and the use of the keyboard skirls towards the end.  I think they have more in common with groups like Porcupine Tree, The Pineapple Thief, and The Black Ghosts than most of what I would classify as 'soft rock'.

[Fuyuko]

Thanks for sharing this, Wotan. I love it, great song! 

[Benjamin]

Thanks for sharing, eh.
 
Sounds a lot like they have some European influences... at least by the singer's voice sounding like it either has a Euro accent or some tonal similarities to European bands that I've admired. Hmm.
 
Either way, good tune. Don't want to get too analytical over it.
 
Benjamin

[Disel]

started out grate but my speakers stoped working for some reson.

I'm shor that the hole song is staller thoe   thank for it man

[KapitanVonWolf]

Wow that is awsome, what big cats eh? I liked the song so much i download it!
if any1 else wants to download  the song, here it is
http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=7411280&song=The+Snow+Leopard
Yet again, nice song.

[Wotan]

Just thought I'd revive this topic because my opinion of The Snow Leopard has not changed.  I still feel it's one of the most achingly, freakishly beautiful songs I've ever heard in my entire life.  Jonathan Meiburg (the lead singer) really sounds like a messenger from God.

 I also really love their song 'Leviathan Bound'.  Their Black Cab Sessions version was even better than the album version, I think http://www.blackcabsessions.com/sessions.php?type=7&id=1265395261&sort=chronological

[Wotan]

And Shearwater has a new album out called "Animal Joy".  It's awesomesauce!

I really like the lead-off track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TSEpH5NHSo