The Shins: Wincing the Night Away

© The Shins: Wincing the Night Away

Track List

1. Sleeping Lessons
2. Australia
3. Pam Berry
4. Phantom Limb
5. Sea Legs
6. Red Rabbits
7. Turn On Me
8. Black Wave
9. Split Needles
10. Girl Sailor
11. A Comet Appears

Genre

Alternative/Punk

Description

Each new release by The Shins just keeps getting better and better. This is their third album and it definitely doesn’t disappoint. I really like the opening song “Sleeping Lessons”. Also, make sure to check out “Australia” and the best song on the album: “Sea Legs”.

“Sleeping Lessons” Music Video

The following is a live performance:

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The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow

© The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow

Track List

1. Kissing The Lipless
2. Mine’s Not A High Horse
3. So Says I
4. Young Pilgrims
5. Saint Simon
6. Fighting In A Sack
7. Pink Bullets
8. Turn A Square
9. Gone For Good
10. Those To Come

Genre

Alternative/Punk

Description

This is the second album produced by The Shins. Every song on this album is amazing except “Gone For Good” which, for some reason, goes country.

“Pink Bullets” Music Video

The following is a music video of one of the slower songs on the album. I like the stop motion used in the video:

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The Shins: Oh, Inverted World

© The Shins: Oh, Inverted World

Track List

1. Caring Is Creepy
2. One By One All Day
3. Weird Divide
4. Know Your Onion!
5. Girl Inform Me
6. New Slang
7. The Celibate Life
8. Girl On The Wing
9. Your Algebra
10. Pressed In A Book
11. The Past And Pending

Genre

Alternative/Punk

Description

The Shins debut album. The song “New Slang” was featured in the Garden State movie where Sam says to Andrew: “You gotta hear this one song - it’ll change your life.” Well, I suppose she is right as it definitely got me hooked on a new band.

“New Slang” Music Video

As mentioned above, here is a music video to the song with clips from the Garden State movie:

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