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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). The Shins 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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Colton56 wrote:
Please don't disappoint me.
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bernadette-90 wrote:
Very excited for the new album ^^
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MarcKass wrote:
Love the new song. fucking hate broken bells but love love the shins
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unfit wrote:
Boobs. Also: simple song.
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VK1990 wrote:
Simple Song
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COBOTER wrote:
The Shins & Broken Bells, can't decide which I love more
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Verbum-Lux wrote:
Simple Song is great. I'm so happy they're back!
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Jaanisk wrote:
Simple Song
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beagle_elgaeb wrote:
;O i listen to The shins - Simple Song and you feel like an ocean being warmed by the sun.....
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neckermanncj wrote:
LEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKK!
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meme_me wrote:
whenever i'm lonely or sad, thank God the Shins are there.
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skeletonbone wrote:
Yeah no record label will let them get away with playing only 5 shows for the whole of Europe. They could play 50 and still sell out every date. I'm hoping a Manchester, UK show. Apollo or Ritz maybe? Praying it's not Academy1 if they do.
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RobertSVW wrote:
they will tour later in the summer ;-)
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TheAlexH wrote:
Why is the European tour so short? They could easily sell out more venues, they better tour again later in the year or else!
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Fistfulofwords wrote:
Oh Inverted, World: My Decade with Wes Anderson and The Shins. You gotta read this post... it'll change your life. http://www.fistfulofwords.com/2012/01/oh-inverted-world-my-decade-with-wes.html
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Chamberk wrote:
definitely like the new song, looking fowrard to the new album.
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caseymcnamara wrote:
Kissing the Lipless and the Past and Pending are heavenly
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benharris16 wrote:
Also it is obviously not the albus 1st song. It's not got any sort of feel to that.
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benharris16 wrote:
Simple Song is awesome. So good to hear these guys again. They have been missed.
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SXSW Music 2012
Austin Convention Center, Austin TX, United States
300 going
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Mar
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ATP Presents: The Shins + support tbc
HMV Forum, London, United Kingdom
67 going
21 shouts
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Mar
23
ATP Presents: The Shins + support tbc
HMV Forum, London, United Kingdom
40 going
3 shouts
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1 Aug 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/theshins
The Shins are going on tour...A handful of intimate club
shows have just been announced. Visit www.theshins.com for
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