The Shins

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  • off_the_record
    off_the_record Posts: 843
    wincing the night away is fantastic.
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  • dont_go_on_me
    dont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    off_the_record wrote:
    wincing the night away is fantastic.
    nice! I wasn't aware until now that it leaked :)

    I just picked up tickets to the MPLS show...they put on a pretty solid live show, not all that energetic but they sound really quite amazing.
    "I'll do whatever the song dictates - if it doesn't need a real lead, then I won't do one. But if it does, then I'll fuckin' go off." - Mike

    "Japan is awesome; the fans there knew all the words to all the songs...at least phonetically." - Stone

    "I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version." - EV
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    I like their music, but their set at the Sasquatch Festival was awful. I don't want to judge them based on that one show though. Maybe they were just having an off night.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    AvocadoLady wrote:
    Anybody a fan? Anybody going to see them next month in Chicago?

    jigga what? is it sold out? when is it?
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    MaxpowerSupreme wrote:
    Yeah, me too. Maybe I just wasn't close enough to the stage to really feel the vibe. In any case, Broken Social Scene totally stole the show. "Fuck the peppers" *clap, clap, clap*

    my only regret is missing their set. well, theirs and the new pornographers. i lost out on some great canadian stuff that night...
  • 1STmammal2wearPants
    1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,997
    the more i keep listening to 'chutes too narrow,' the more i am amazed at how frickin good this band is. there really is a lot of good music out there these days when you don't listen to commercial radio.
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    the more i keep listening to 'chutes too narrow,' the more i am amazed at how frickin good this band is. there really is a lot of good music out there these days when you don't listen to commercial radio.

    how does it compare to 'oh, inverted world'? cos ive listened to that album a few times and it's good, but i dont see the hype. there's nothing really fantastic or mind-blowing on it. maybe chutes would do me better?
  • 1STmammal2wearPants
    1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,997
    soulsinging wrote:
    how does it compare to 'oh, inverted world'? cos ive listened to that album a few times and it's good, but i dont see the hype. there's nothing really fantastic or mind-blowing on it. maybe chutes would do me better?

    from what ive heard off their first album, it seems more "indie" to me, if that means anything. their second album is just a brilliant pop album altogether, with shades of the beach boys and other bands.....extremely catchy and a lot more upbeat than their first album, which still did have some good songs on it.
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    from what ive heard off their first album, it seems more "indie" to me, if that means anything. their second album is just a brilliant pop album altogether, with shades of the beach boys and other bands.....extremely catchy and a lot more upbeat than their first album, which still did have some good songs on it.

    maybe ill download it and give it a listen.
  • NOCODE#1
    NOCODE#1 Posts: 1,477
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    from what ive heard off their first album, it seems more "indie" to me, if that means anything. their second album is just a brilliant pop album altogether, with shades of the beach boys and other bands.....extremely catchy and a lot more upbeat than their first album, which still did have some good songs on it.
    imho their 1st album was way better than their second
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    NOCODE#1 wrote:
    imho their 1st album was way better than their second

    then im never gonna love these guys. i dont get the hype over this album. it's good, but not great.
  • 1STmammal2wearPants
    1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,997
    soulsinging wrote:
    then im never gonna love these guys. i dont get the hype over this album. it's good, but not great.

    it's all a matter of taste. their second album sounds a lot different than their first, at least i think. and to me, it sounds worlds better......although i did like their big single off the first album.
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  • off_the_record
    off_the_record Posts: 843
    yeah, the 1st and 2nd album definitely sound different. i'd give the nod to the 1st, but chutes is also great. not sure where i'd rank the new one yet, its kind of a combo of both.
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  • oktacoma
    oktacoma Posts: 335
    soulsinging wrote:
    then im never gonna love these guys. i dont get the hype over this album. it's good, but not great.
    To me, their 2nd album is much, much better than the first...and it is very good. I dig every song on Chutes Too Narrow!!
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    I saw the keyboardist for the Shins at the MMJ show last night. I can't wait for the new album.
    NERDS!
  • boroff89
    boroff89 Posts: 786
    oktacoma wrote:
    To me, their 2nd album is much, much better than the first...and it is very good. I dig every song on Chutes Too Narrow!!

    I still love Chutes the best. A far more complete album than Inverted World (although that album also rocks). That being said, I may end up liking Wincing the Night Away even more than Chutes.
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    ive listened to chutes now... it's ok. i still dont get the hype surrounding these guys. to me, they sound like sloan, the criminally under-rated canadian band. simple pop rock. not bad, but nothing to write home about.
  • PaulJam
    PaulJam Posts: 163
    depends how you look at it. The music isn't big or particularly complex but the variations and innovations are quite subtle. It's power pop really. I think fans of The Beatles, Beach Boys, Big Star would be suited to them. Well maybe all three. I'll go out on a phantom limb and say if you like all three of those then you SHOULD like The Shins.

    Obviously this is a generalisation (almost everything's a generalisation) "so you're not gonna get me on that" Copyright Ricky Gervais)
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    PaulJam wrote:
    depends how you look at it. The music isn't big or particularly complex but the variations and innovations are quite subtle. It's power pop really. I think fans of The Beatles, Beach Boys, Big Star would be suited to them. Well maybe all three. I'll go out on a phantom limb and say if you like all three of those then you SHOULD like The Shins.

    Obviously this is a generalisation (almost everything's a generalisation) "so you're not gonna get me on that" Copyright Ricky Gervais)

    that might be it. im not huge on the beach boys, never heard of big star, and early beatles is my least fav period of their career ;)
  • boroff89
    boroff89 Posts: 786
    soulsinging wrote:
    ive listened to chutes now... it's ok. i still dont get the hype surrounding these guys. to me, they sound like sloan, the criminally under-rated canadian band. simple pop rock. not bad, but nothing to write home about.

    There is nothing simple about The Shins. If you think so, you aren't paying attention. I dig Sloan, but they aren't in the same league as The Shins in terms of music, vocals, and especially lyrics. Take some time and actually look at the lyrics to The Shins' songs. They are phenomenal, profound, and in many cases, quite complex.
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.

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