I didn't and don't care much for Chutes (or anything lacking the hazy mood of Inverted), but "Saint Simon" is totally gorgeous
And yeah, this band and AC Newman, same field but Carl outclasses The Shins always
And yeah, straight-facedly quoting Shins lyrics only makes me realize "the guy is not a writer"
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 19 October 2020 15:49 (three years ago) link
first two albums are their best but "phantom limb" is their best song
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 19 October 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
Wincing up to and including "Turn On Me" is the Shins stuff I return to most these days
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Monday, 19 October 2020 15:53 (three years ago) link
listening to Wincing for the first time in 10 years rn
this record is still very good. like there's nothing wrong with a B+ after two A+ albums.
Australia and Phantom Limb and Turn On Me are all-timer tunes
― alpine static, Monday, 19 October 2020 17:47 (three years ago) link
Wincing is the only one that really grabbed me but I’m a sucker for all the Cure/Smiths influences on that album.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Sunday, 22 November 2020 19:37 (three years ago) link
Same here, and I had never been able to pinpoint exactly why that album felt so different. It also swings oddly in the rhythm section.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 23 November 2020 08:19 (three years ago) link
R.I.P. former Shins/Flake Music bassist Neal Langford.
― Nonhuman biologics enthusiast (morrisp), Friday, 28 July 2023 18:44 (nine months ago) link