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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States (1997 – present)
The Shins are an American indie rock band consisting of James Mercer (vocals, guitar), Dave Hernandez (guitar), Ron Lewis (bass), Eric Johnson (keyboards) and Joe Plummer (drums). They formed in 1997, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States as a side project of Mercer (previously of Blue Roof Dinner) and bassist Jesse Sandoval, who were both members of the lo-fi rock group Flake Music (formed as Flake 1992). Ron Lewis is also a member of Grand Archives and Joe Plummer is one of two drummers for Modest Mouse. The band was signed to Sub Pop following a successful tour in 2000 with Modest Mouse, and they now reside in Portland, Oregon.
Their 2001 debut album, Oh, Inverted World received near-universal critical acclaim, causing many critics to predict a mass wave of Beach Boys-inspired bands. That wave never truly came, but the Shins enjoyed a rapidly expanding fanbase, and even saw their music featured on a McDonalds advertisement. That may have been artistic suicide for them, had it not been that the song featured (“
New Slang”), included the lines “New slang/when you notice the stripes/the dirt in your fries,” as well as “God speed all the bakers at dawn/may they all cut their thumbs/And bleed into their buns/’till they melt away.”
The band moved from New Mexico to the “indie rock capitol” of portland in 2002. Their much-anticipated followup, Chutes Too Narrow, was released in October of ‘03 in the U.S. and a half-year later across the pond to gushing reviews that matched if not exceeded their debut effort.
Their 2001 debut album, Oh, Inverted World received near-universal critical acclaim, causing many critics to predict a mass wave of Beach Boys-inspired bands. That wave never truly came, but the Shins enjoyed a rapidly expanding fanbase, and even saw their music featured on a McDonalds advertisement. That may have been artistic suicide for them, had it not been that the song featured (“
New Slang”), included the lines “New slang/when you notice the stripes/the dirt in your fries,” as well as “God speed all the bakers at dawn/may they all cut their thumbs/And bleed into their buns/’till they melt away.”The band moved from New Mexico to the “indie rock capitol” of portland in 2002. Their much-anticipated followup, Chutes Too Narrow, was released in October of ‘03 in the U.S. and a half-year later across the pond to gushing reviews that matched if not exceeded their debut effort.
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EyeWin8 wrote:
In Soviet Russia, album releases new hipster fucks
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tudormocanu wrote:
release a new album you hipster fucks
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linneology wrote:
release a new album you hipster fucks
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markleo-182 wrote:
I am gay
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flamer13 wrote:
does anyone know where i can get a copy of it's okay, try again? the song they did on yo gabba gabba about a year and a half ago? i cant find it anywhere
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ASPFTW wrote:
hipster a new fucks album release you
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jensnystrom wrote:
release a new album you hipster fucks
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gonzstrokes wrote:
release a new album you hipster fucks [3] :D
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col_ide wrote:
New album please.
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terminals wrote:
I forgot how good they were.
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Chelcie09 wrote:
<3
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mobastard wrote:
New Slang is still their best song.
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R4123 wrote:
<3
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MusicXray wrote:
Love your music and the costumes too! ;)
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Paul-Nic wrote:
Phantom Limb is my fav :)
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ChiliLady wrote:
release a new album you hipster fucks
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lynxah7 wrote:
Just reminded of how awesome these guys are!
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Swedish northern forest indie poppers Heart-Sick Groans back with another charming science of sleep-y video for their lemon fresh track "Three Day Blow"!!! --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8RVX_yUwV0 DONT MISS!!!
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neckermanncj wrote:
Broken Bells better be fucking amazing or i'm gonna be pissed...
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30 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/theshins
We’re very excited to announce James’ new project with Brian Burton a/k/a Danger Mouse. Details can be found on the official band site and in the Pitchfork and Rolling Stone articles linked below. …
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