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...wincing the night away |
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| Location: | Portland, OREGON |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 17, 2008 (64 days back) |
About Me |
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Click here to listen to the Shins Live at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2007 This Sunday, December 9th Here's code to add The Shins' presale banner to your MySpace profile Live at KEXP Volume Three Buy it HERE Wincing The Night Away Buy it HERE Phantom Limb (single) Buy it on Subpop or iTunes Check out our gear at subpop.com And at our Online Store at Cinderblock at cinderblock.com ABOUT THE RECORDS Wincing The Night Away To play music for a long time, you have to surprise the people that love you—while also surprising yourself. Recorded in singer/guitarist James Mercer's basement studio, Phil Ek's Seattle digs, and in Oregon City with veteran producer Joe Chiccarelli (Beck, U2), Wincing the Night Away is The Shins' third full-length album. It's also the sound of a band growing up and out. Mercer's infectious, indelible melodic style is still at the core, and unfaltering. But anything can happen around it—and in this case, it does. While the vocals channel the spirit of Morrissey, "Sea Legs" pairs a loping hip-hop beat with lush melody and searing guitars. Elsewhere the band toys with tweaked-out, liquid piano steeped in kaleidoscopic strings ("Red Rabbit"); fractured synth samples ("Spilt Needles"); gauzy, arpeggiated keyboards cloaking thunderous anthems ("Sleeping Lessons"); and, taking cues from early Jesus and Mary Chain albums, sweeping, fuzz-toned epics ("Phantom Limb"). Finally, "Turn on Me," "Girl Sailor" and "Australia" are the lilting, thrilling, rollicking, rock-solid pop songs we've all come to covet from The Shins. Consider yourself surprised. Chutes Too Narrow The Shin's debut full-length, 2001's Oh, Inverted World, was a stunner; resoundingly well-received and landing itself on numerous year-end best-of-lists. MOJO placed it at ..14 of the year and commented, "This quartet from Albuquerque, New Mexico captured our hearts this summer with their pristine pop perfection." And, Seattle's The Stranger went even further with, "...a referential, brilliant record which had better blow up, or the world has forgotten what pop music is all about." As far as we're concerned it did blow up - seems there's still some hope for the world and its conception of pop music. Since that first record, singer/songwriter/guitarist James Mercer and drummer Jesse Sandoval moved from Albuquerque to Portland, OR and bassist Neal Langford was replaced with Dave Hernandez (ex-Scared Of Chaka), who played bass on the stand-out track from the first record, "New Slang." Chutes Too Narrow, their heavily anticipated follow-up, was recorded in James' basement home studio, with later mixing assistance from Phil Ek (Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, David Cross, Les Savy Fav, etc.). And, with 10 songs, clocking in at just over 30 minutes, the new record is a brief yet entirely scintillating glimpse at chiming, reflective and perfectly skewed pop innovation. Oh Inverted World Originally hailing from Albuquerque, NM, The Shins sprung from the ashes of Flake/Flakemusic in 1997 (though those previous incarnations date back nearly a decade) same members, different instruments, different approach. Counterpoint guitars have given way to a single guitar pitted against calculated keyboard passages; swarming indie rock machinations led to pop-based melodic endeavors (who knew?). Click Here to buy songs by The Shins on iTunes Click the album art to buy shins albums, shirts, and other merch. |
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Music:Member Since: 8/20/2004Band Website: theshins.com Band Members: James Mercer Dave Hernandez Marty Crandall Jesse Sandoval Influences: PLEASE LOG ON TOwww.theshins.comFOR DAILY UPDATED INFORMATION ON EVERYTHING SHINS. UK Label - Transgressive UK email listAttention UK fans! NOTE: Please sign up again if you had signed up for the list prior to January 5th, 2007. We had some technical difficulties. We will have another email list for everyone else soon.SOMEONE IS ONCE AGAIN POSING AS US SENDING OUT BULLETINS FOR RINGTONES OR SOMETHING. ITS NOT US. Sounds Like: SHINS VIDEOS Sleeping Lessons (live) Turn On Me From the album 'Wincing The Night Away' Australia From the album 'Wincing The Night Away' Phantom Limb From the album 'Wincing The Night Away' Pink Bullets From the album 'Chutes Too Narrow' Saint Simon From the album 'Chutes Too Narrow' Check out our gear at subpop.com Record Label: Sub Pop Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Indie) |
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JAMES MERCER SOLO SHOW |
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| James Mercer solo performance April 11, 2008 to benefit Buckman Elementary. Click HERE for more info.... Posted by The Shins on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:53:00 PST |
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Shins Original t-shirts for the Yellow Bird Project |
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| The Shins have created an original t-shirt design for the Yellow Bird Project, a Montreal based, non-profit initiative which collaborates with musicians to raise money for charity. Proceeds from the S... Posted by The Shins on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:31:00 PST |
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Shins Original t-shirts for the Yellow Bird Project |
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| The Shins have created an original t-shirt design for the Yellow Bird Project, a Montreal based, non-profit initiative which collaborates with musicians to raise money for charity. Proceeds from the S... Posted by The Shins on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:31:00 PST |
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Listen to the Shins live at KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2007 this Sunday, Dec 9th |
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| Click here to listen to the Shins Live at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2007 this Sunday, December 9th... Posted by The Shins on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:32:00 PST |
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CAUSES 1 DARFUR BENEFIT FEATURING THE SHINS NOW AVAILABLE! |
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| We're excited to announce Causes 1 is now officially available for purchase! Here are some ways to track down a copy:> PURCHASE THE CD ONLINE> PURCHASE ON iTUNES> LIST OF STORES NEAR YOU WITH THE CDCa... Posted by The Shins on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:43:00 PST |
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| Legendary underground music photographer Pat Graham captures the spirit of independence in his book SILENT PICTURES, featuring THIS PHOTO of Marty from the Shins. More info HERE.... Posted by The Shins on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST |
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VOTE FOR THE SHINS! |
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| Voting has officially begun for the Subterranean Best of 2007 countdown and the Shins have three videos up for voting this year! Please click HERE and vote!!!... Posted by The Shins on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:06:00 PST |
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WAXPLOITATION PREPARES DARFUR CHARITY ALBUM FOR 11/27 |
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| On November 27th, Waxploitation will launch its inaugural Causes album series with Causes 1 which includes exclusive and rare tracks donated by Animal Collective, The Black Keys, Bloc Party, Bright ... Posted by The Shins on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:39:00 PST |
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THE SHINS TO PARTCIPATE IN VEGOOSE WEBCAST |
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| Just a heads up that The Shins' performance from Vegoose will be webcast LIVE in the AT&T blueroom. Vegoose performance will be webcast live from Vegas all weekend long at attblueroom.com/music. Plea... Posted by The Shins on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:19:00 PST |
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News for Shins fans in Japan from Pony Canyon International: |
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| The Shins are back in Japan in November on the heels of an incredible show at the Fuji Rock Festival in July! In addition to giving each fan a balloon (as seen in the Australia Video) upon entry of t... Posted by The Shins on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:57:00 PST |
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