Word: shinsã
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...Shins?? 2001 debut album Oh! Inverted World, “New Slang” perfectly captured the mood of a man who, though not wallowing in a bygone love, constantly glanced backward and lived in its shadow. On Chutes Too Narrow, Mercer projects the image of a changed man from the moment a brash electric guitar breaks in to start “Kissing the Lipless...
...true gem, a moderately paced tune which begins with the simple harmonies of a ’60s Beatles song and effortlessly transitions into a mesmerizing, haunting melody which Mercer hums over romantic strings. When the instrumentation takes a back seat to Mercer’s voice, the Shins?? poetry shines through, showing how the band’s ideology has changed...