and later
The years have seemed short but the days go slowly by Two loose kites falling from the sky Drawn to the ground and an end to flight.
― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 19 October 2020 02:29 (three years ago) link
I agree the third album has lots of good stuff, though it obviously isn't on the same level as the first two.
I thought the most recent album - Heartworms, I had to go look it up - was better than expected (and better than the one before it). And the last show I saw was a blast after a couple that ... weren't.
― alpine static, Monday, 19 October 2020 07:04 (three years ago) link
James never really recovered from firing all the dudes he came up with, did he?
― alpine static, Monday, 19 October 2020 07:06 (three years ago) link
love that quite southwestern mishearing of New Slang, fgti
― Mule, Monday, 19 October 2020 10:09 (three years ago) link
i always felt they were evocative, but ultimately just there to adorn the melody, a.c. newman-style. mercer can definitely turn a memorable phrase, though.
yeah - while I love the first two records this has prevented me from getting more into them tbh, newman/pornos too. the melodies are stunning, but after a certain point I get kind of exhausted keeping up with the lyrical phrasing, all those long breathless runs of syllables that cover every note of every melody, it can feel like speedreading with the TV on in the background.
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Monday, 19 October 2020 12:56 (three years ago) link
'Turn A Square' is my choice for POO: The Shins. I'll never get tired of that one.
― cajunsunday, Monday, 19 October 2020 13:04 (three years ago) link
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