The Shins Are Working On A New Album, Tweets Producer
, Kids. (Yes, you have to.)Famed producer Greg Kurstin (Beck, The Flaming Lips, Lily Allen) tweeted some intriguing news last week:
Yes, it’s apparently taking the music blogging world this long to notice, but holy crackers, there’s a new Shins album (hopefully) in the works!
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The post-millennial indie rock icons, who haven’t released a new album since 2007’s Wincing The Night Away, have been largely out of the spotlight following their 2008 departure from Sub-Pop Records and numerous line-up changes.
That song was “New Slang.” Then, after releasing Wincing The Night Away in 2007, James Mercer put The Shins on the shelf. He re-emerged with Danger Mouse last spring as Broken Bells, leaving fans to wonder what that meant for The Shins.
There are herds of such Numpties in Town Squares the world over sticking rigidly to whatever's “in the book” and wincing at the idea of doing something that's not. These books will only help you to be a Tourist, not break through to the true culture.
Producer Greg Kurstin liet zich vorige week ontvallen dat hij werkt aan een nieuw album met The Shins. En dat is bijzonder goed nieuws, want het is alweer van 'Wincing The Night Away' uit 2007 geleden dat we nog nieuw werk van James Mercer en zijn
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The sharp melodies and clever twists and turns still abound. They’re still finding ways to make minor progressions seem warm and fuzzy. But your enjoyment of the album, whether you’re a Shins fan or not, will depend on how you feel about the instrumentation. There are songs, like the first single “Phantom Limb” or the sublime “Turn On Me,” that sound like vintage Shins. But those are rare. Hardly does a traditional instrument appear without a warm electronic wash or cadre of vocal harmonies. The songs are more rounded and fleshed out than their previous albums. Rolling Stone says , “they’ve grown up and out of their pretty psychedelic Sixties pop,” which is true. What they only hinted at on “Mine’s Not a High Horse” is now what they now hang their hat on.
Personally, I love the new direction, and Mercer’s voice triggers my endorphins like no other. Something about it just clicks with me. There was recently a message board thread about moments when all of the ingredients in a song come together for one blissful peak. I consider it apropos because, to my biochemistry, no single band has more of those moments than the Shins. They’ve perfected creating those moments. And Wincing the Night Away is full of them. For example: the chorus of “Turn On Me,” when James Mercer sings, “‘Cause you had to know that I was fond of you. Fond of y-o-u,” and all at once I remember every single reason I love life.
You can stream the lead single, “Phantom Limb,” on myspace .
First, off let me say that i’m a HUGE shins fan for a very long time.
That being said, i’m very let down by the album. 11 songs, 1 of them an interlude. so it’s really 10 songs. of those 10, 3 are slow songs that i like to refer to as ‘non-songs’ or ‘background music’. And let me say, not all slow songs can be lumped into this category. Just the ones that are more atmosphere than actual song. so now we’re left with 7 actual new songs. of them, it’s okay. i think the first 2 albums were infinitely better. The first album was a 9. The second was a 10. This one is a 7.
Listen to track 5 (“Sea Legs”). I feel this is actually the first song they’ve ever released that qualifies as truly, sincerely bad.
In addition. Like you said, 10/11 new songs in 3.5 years?!? That’s ridiculous.
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