This review was difficult to write for one main reason, and that is because ‘Animal Joy’ is such an amazing record. How could I fill out a review with words like ‘WOW’ and ‘Record of the Year’, which was all I could utter on my first few listens through? Even though this is an accurate assessment of Shearwater‘s latest opus it is not enough to try and convey the quality of the songs Jonathan Meiburg has written here in their debut for Sub Pop Records.
