The Shins are what? Basically a James Mercer solo show by now right? One of the guys left got kicked out to be a professional hot air ballooner (yes kids, if you can dream the job, it is out there). One of the dudes has a taco truck in Portland! (I interviewed the host on my radio show… weird. Also this show pre-dates Eat St. by a lot.. but I still LOVE you Eat St.)
New Shins song started bouncing around the intertron today. Click play on the reel-to-reel machine. How vintage.
The reel-to-reel machine is kinda fun for us radio nerds of a certain age. I started my radio broadcasting career using reel-to-reel to create any radio production for my first radio show. If you order the new album, The Port of Morrow, off the Shins website it comes with a limited edition reel-to-reel tape version. Impractical but neat. There is a reel-to-reel machine at the Zone, so technically I could fire it up.
The first single is “Simple Song.”
The internet is all in a lather about this song. Personally… I prefer the new Nada Surf, if liking music were an either/or game. Luckily its not! So I can enjoy both.
The Shins will be bigger, Nada Surf is better. Both make adorable indie pop.
Oh, “Phantom Limb” came on my iTunes now. I like that song. And how about Chutes Too Narrow? I think I got that record collecting dust on a CD shelf or in a milk crate somewhere…. I should track that record down!
Go with yourself.
The Morning After 