Fellow Travelers finds Shearwater covering the songs of the artists they've toured with over the past decade. Shearwater leader Jonathan Meiburg invited each of the bands covered on Fellow Travelers to play on the album, provided they did not play on their own song. The result is an album that highlights the shared efforts and purposes of Shearwater and the artists with whom they perform. Fellow Travelers features Shearwater's take on songs by Sharon Van Etten, The Baptist Generals, Clinic, Coldplay, Xiu Xiu, Wye Oak and David Thomas Broughton and more.