The Austin-based band Shearwater named its new album after the bird of prey.
But Shearwater's most blistering moments coexist nicely with the portentously brooding, fearlessly serious likes of "Hidden Lakes, " from The Golden Archipelago.
Throughout Shearwater's history, bird imagery has been a constant for the band.
Shell has also partially evacuated two of its nearby platforms, Shearwater and Hans Deul, as a "purely precautionary" measure, it said Wednesday.
Having originally grown out of the Austin indie-rock band Okkervil River, Shearwater completes its final transformation into a distinct unit with Rook.
Heritage experts are due to outline their plans to re-establish the Calf of Man as a safe breeding location for the Manx shearwater.
In fact, there's a broader naturalist streak running through Shearwater's work.
Meiburg just formally resigned his post in Okkervil River in order to commit to Shearwater, though he says he doesn't see the move as a big change.
It is hoped it will help establish a safe breeding ground for Manx Shearwater birds which have seen "catastrophic decline" in number since the arrival of rats.
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Shearwater makes epic, artful, bracing rock out of unlikely ingredients: Frequently embellished by handmade instruments, its songs are often fueled by, among many other things, a fascination with bird science.
The project has a number of aims to protect and restore the seabird population - including the storm petrel and the Manx shearwater - for which the UK has a global responsibility, say conservationists.
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