New Shins Album

peacefrompaul

samjam wrote:

eeriepadave wrote:

awesome! hope they announce more shows in the summer.

Me too! Hope some East Coast dates are announced!

There aren't any yet? Bummer... I think this tour will be pretty extensive so I wouldn't get too worried! More dates should pop up.

I liked that the tickets for the Minneapolis show weren't sold on Ticketmaster. :thumbup:

PKTrekGirl

I am really jazzed about this album. I doubt it will match my favorite album of 2012 to-date (Van Halen), but if it comes even close on the awesomeness scale, I will be thrilled.

I have all their other albums and like them all a lot...so fingers crossed!

eeriepadave

i posted this in the lookalikes thread but doesn't James Mercer look like Kevin Spacey?

peacefrompaul

PKTrekGirl wrote:

I am really jazzed about this album. I doubt it will match my favorite album of 2012 to-date (Van Halen), but if it comes even close on the awesomeness scale, I will be thrilled.

I have all their other albums and like them all a lot...so fingers crossed!

It's going to be leagues better than Van Halen. But, I hate Van Halen so... Haha

peacefrompaul

eeriepadave wrote:

i posted this in the lookalikes thread but doesn't James Mercer look like Kevin Spacey?

Kind of... :think:

eeriepadave

read they are playing SNL on Mar. 10

peacefrompaul

eeriepadave wrote:

read they are playing SNL on Mar. 10

Really? Nice!

PKTrekGirl

peacefrompaul wrote:

PKTrekGirl wrote:

I am really jazzed about this album. I doubt it will match my favorite album of 2012 to-date (Van Halen), but if it comes even close on the awesomeness scale, I will be thrilled.

I have all their other albums and like them all a lot...so fingers crossed!

It's going to be leagues better than Van Halen. But, I hate Van Halen so... Haha

Heh.

Well, yeah...if you don't like them to begin with, it's a bit hard to make a comparison.

But I'm pretty much a hard-rockin' kind of girl. And most Van Halen fans will tell you that the new album is the best one they have put out in a really long time. I personally think it's their best one since '1984'...which is their best album. So you can imagine how thrilled I am with them right now.

But to put it in Shins terms...if this upcoming album is as good as Chutes Too Narrow, I will be one happy camper. Chutes, for me, is The Shins best work to-date...and if this one meets or exceeds that standard, I will be very, very pleased.

I think The Shins have had some personnel changes though, haven't they? I think I recalled reading that a while back...although it was a while ago and my memory sort of sucks, as a rule. I have their 3 records...but I must confess that I don't keep up with them outside the music itself nearly as much as I keep up with bands at the top of my all-time fave band list. Sounds like you might know more about that sort of thing that I would. Do you anticipate any changes to the music style as a result of any personnel changes? Just curious!

In any case, I like The Shins enough to buy the next record. Hope it's a good one!

musicismylife78

i dont think they have made a bad record. I think Wincing the Night Away is terribly underrated. But that album is so textured and brilliant.

Im looking forward to what this thing sounds like and of course James' lyrics. The first 3 albums pretty much sum up my 20's

musicismylife78

they have had quite a few personell changes. I think only james is the only member who has remained from previous incarnations.

The drummer i believe at one time was famous for getting kicked out and then having some sort of mexican food cart stand thing in portland.


Just like I wish i had seen Arcade Fire when Funeral blew up, in 2004/2005, I saw the Shins in 2011, but also wish i had seen them right when Garden State came out, in 2004.

peacefrompaul

musicismylife78 wrote:

they have had quite a few personell changes. I think only james is the only member who has remained from previous incarnations.

The drummer i believe at one time was famous for getting kicked out and then having some sort of mexican food cart stand thing in portland.


Just like I wish i had seen Arcade Fire when Funeral blew up, in 2004/2005, I saw the Shins in 2011, but also wish i had seen them right when Garden State came out, in 2004.

That's true but James Mercer really is The Shins.

peacefrompaul

PKTrekGirl wrote:

peacefrompaul wrote:

PKTrekGirl wrote:

I am really jazzed about this album. I doubt it will match my favorite album of 2012 to-date (Van Halen), but if it comes even close on the awesomeness scale, I will be thrilled.

I have all their other albums and like them all a lot...so fingers crossed!

It's going to be leagues better than Van Halen. But, I hate Van Halen so... Haha

Heh.

Well, yeah...if you don't like them to begin with, it's a bit hard to make a comparison.

But I'm pretty much a hard-rockin' kind of girl. And most Van Halen fans will tell you that the new album is the best one they have put out in a really long time. I personally think it's their best one since '1984'...which is their best album. So you can imagine how thrilled I am with them right now.

But to put it in Shins terms...if this upcoming album is as good as Chutes Too Narrow, I will be one happy camper. Chutes, for me, is The Shins best work to-date...and if this one meets or exceeds that standard, I will be very, very pleased.

I think The Shins have had some personnel changes though, haven't they? I think I recalled reading that a while back...although it was a while ago and my memory sort of sucks, as a rule. I have their 3 records...but I must confess that I don't keep up with them outside the music itself nearly as much as I keep up with bands at the top of my all-time fave band list. Sounds like you might know more about that sort of thing that I would. Do you anticipate any changes to the music style as a result of any personnel changes? Just curious!

In any case, I like The Shins enough to buy the next record. Hope it's a good one!

My favorite is Oh, Inverted World. It was Lo-Fi and brilliant. The music was great.

The entire band is new and honestly I'm not too worried. They sounded great on Fallon covering Pink Floyd and I have heard from people that they still sound really good.

Joe Plummer of Modest Mouse is playing the drums too so I have a lot of confidence in the group... And besides, Mercer pretty much is The Shins.

eeriepadave

hear a new tune called "Bait & Switch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po0NF2HssIk&ob=av2n

"Clapping Butter" (Funny or Die)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNIF5n-_d0k

eeriepadave

eeriepadave wrote:

hear a new tune called "Bait & Switch"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po0NF2HssIk&ob=av2n

this is Double Bubble (which i mentioned on the first page )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZF5oVlbvHQ

peacefrompaul

Thanks man! Those are some really great songs!

eeriepadave

eeriepadave wrote:

video for Simple Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoLTPcD1S4Q

best music video in the past few years, IMO

friendly reminder SNL this Sat.

peacefrompaul

eeriepadave wrote:

eeriepadave wrote:

video for Simple Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoLTPcD1S4Q

best music video in the past few years, IMO

friendly reminder SNL this Sat.

I'll have to watch that video! Thanks

eeriepadave

hear them live tonight in NYC at 10 pm on NPR performing songs from the new album.

They also are playing the Sweetlife Festival in MD on Apr. 28 (unfortunately they are the only band worth seeing this time, IMO :( )

LikeAnOcean

musicismylife78 wrote:

i dont think they have made a bad record. I think Wincing the Night Away is terribly underrated. But that album is so textured and brilliant.

Im looking forward to what this thing sounds like and of course James' lyrics. The first 3 albums pretty much sum up my 20's

Wincing the Night Away is my favorite album of all time.. The Shins are my second favorite band to Pearl Jam.. Really liked Broken Bells as well.. I am about as excited about this new album as a new Pearl Jam album.

eeriepadave

eeriepadave wrote:

hear them live tonight in NYC at 10 pm on NPR performing songs from the new album.

Anyone get a chance to listen to it? Sounded decent. Luckily one of our local radio stations broadcast it live (WXPN). They played about 5 songs off the new album as well as cold and favs. Only played for a little over an hour though (least that's when they stopped broadcasting on the radio.

setlist:

"Kissing The Lipless"
"Caring Is Creepy"
"Simple Song"
"Bait And Switch"
"Saint Simon"
"It's Only Life"
"September"
"New Slang"
"The Rifle's Spiral"
"Australia"
"No Way Down"
"Phantom Limb"
"One By One All Day"
"Port Of Morrow"

watch the whole thing here:
http://www.npr.org/event/music/14798526 ... =mh_frhdl1