The Shins first album since 2007′s Wincing The Night Away is imminent, and is also 2-for-2 (see: “Simple Song” and “September.”) Today Port Of Morrow turns up a third listen with its opening track, “The Rifle’s Spiral.” It’s a lusher production than the others — note the many bleeps, followed by the equally numerous bloops — though essentially it is still James Mercer, catchy and thoughtful and somewhat existentially minded, on another one that should please Shins fans. Hear it here.
The Shins’ Port Of Morrow — their first record not for Sub Pop — is out 3/20 via Columbia/Aural Apothecary.
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The first 20 seconds send me a very strong “reminding me of another song” vibe but I can’t figure out what song it is reminding me of
Dance Hall by Modest Mouse
Reminds me of a broken bells song.
Yeah definitely a lot like Broken bells but that’s a good thing.
A good thing for sure
The shins rule
shins forever.
Still a great track though..high hopes for this release.
i love it when the link is on some other page, so professional haha.
Like it .. can’t wait for the record! And the shows!
So are they not coming to the east coast or…..
i’m so happy the shins are finally releasing a new album. the video for “Simple song” is AMAZING http://bit.ly/wmcUv3