August 4, 2009
Right now, I am going through all of the Monitor Mix Video Blog theme-song entries — which are fantastic, by the way. It's been hard to narrow them down! I hope to have my favorites posted by the end of the day or early tomorrow. In the meantime, however, here's a little something for you to watch.
Shearwater's songs about man's relationship with nature boom and swoop with epic grace and grandeur.
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