it's the final four!
the shins - wincing the night away
you know that feeling when a band you love finally finds a bigger audience? after the all too hip garden state, the shins became indie darlings to hoards of 15 year old girls. wincing the night away is the first release since than, and i am happy to say that they have in no way catered to anyone. it's a mature record with what sounds like a bigger budget. my favorite thing about this album are the truly poetic lyrics. way to many rock lyrics are thrown away these days, but james russell mercer hits you line after line with clever and poignant words. it is most apparent in the song a comet appears. musically it's mostly light and fun. songs like australia, turn on me, & sleeping lessons are total sing alongs, while phantom limb, sea legs & spilt needles are filled with tasty musical nuggets of goodness. the shins are a consistently great band, and wincing the night away is going to be tough to top....but i hope the do it!
three more albums to go. any guesses?
1 comment:
I'm going with Feist and M.I.A as two of the three.
And totally unrelated. UofM and MSU were both in town for separate bowl games and both marched in the citrus parade. pics and vid at my blog
www.cockingfamily.com/blog
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