Thursday, March 15, 2007

oh, the shins!



i want to hate the shins, but damn if they don't make consistenly good music. yes zach braff blew their cover, but let's blame that on him and not on a band that makes quality music. their new album 'wincing the night away' feels like a shins album, but better. catchy and breezy pop songs are their bread and butter, but the new album is an odd mix of something a little more soulful and electronic.

personal favorites include:
-sleeping lessons
-sea legs
-black wave


i wonder if the guitarist is still dating the chick from america's next top model.

3 comments:

Leigh said...

holy shit, this album is so good. i don't even care about braff anymore. "sea legs" is muh jam.

Eric R. Rickert said...

i think they broke up.

and this album is really, really good. i can't resist them.

Cardboard said...

I really started to like this album, as I was just getting to know it. And then it became the soundtrack to my BF & I breaking up (and the whole thing turning rather naesty and deceitful). So I had to stop listening to the album. For now. I will pick it up again when everything isn't so jacked up because this mess is hardly the fault of The Shins.