Shearwater & Loma

Loma and Shearwater almost seem fated to tour together. Both feature songwriter Jonathan Meiburg and engineer/producer Dan Duszynski; both have their roots in Austin, Texas; both are released by Seattle’s Sub Pop records. And both have a third member named Emily (Emily Lee in Shearwater, Emily Cross in Loma). But they’re different in the profound ways that only siblings can be. Cross’s calm and enveloping voice is the heart of Loma, whose pastoral, mesmerizing debut was miles away from Shearwater’s extroverted Jet Plane and Oxbow. Since then, each group has produced two more albums: Loma followed their self-titled first album with Don’t Shy Away and How Will I Live Without A Body?, while Shearwater released The Great Awakening and this year’s The New World. Neither group, however, has played live since 2018—an accident Meiburg attributes to the pandemic scrambling everything and members leaving the country. After a long hiatus, they return for 'When can I see you?'.