- The Shins【 11 albums 107 lyrics 】
- The Shins are an American indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1996. The band's current lineup consists of James Mercer (vocals, guitar, songwriter), Jon Sortland (drums), Mark Watrous (guitar), Casey Foubert (guitar), Yuuki Matthews (bass), and Patti King (keyboards). The band is based in Portland, Oregon.
The band was formed by Mercer as a side project to Flake Music, who were active from 1992 to 1999. The band released two 7' singles and a full-length album When You Land Here It's Time to Return on Omnibus Records and were touring with Modest Mouse when they were signed to Sub Pop Records. The band's first two records, Oh, Inverted World (2001) and Chutes Too Narrow (2003) performed well commercially and received critical acclaim. The single 'New Slang' brought the band mainstream attention when it was featured in the 2004 film Garden State. Consequently, the band's third album, Wincing the Night Away (2007), was a major success for the group, peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 and earning a Grammy Award nomination.
Following this, the Shins signed to Columbia Records and Mercer parted ways with the entire original lineup, deeming it 'an aesthetic decision'. Following a near five-year hiatus, Port of Morrow, the band's fourth studio album, was released in 2012. Their fifth album, Heartworms, was released in March 2017.
Musical style and influences
Mercer described the Shins as a 'pop project' from the beginning. The group were inspired by any and all music that they discovered. 'Everything we listen to [...] makes its way in somehow, but we've been inspired by a bunch of bands who basically just keep reinventing the same thing,' said Mercer. The group received comparisons to the 'pop revivalists' at the Elephant 6 Recording Collective early in their career, such as The Apples in Stereo, whilst Mercer's vivid, often surrealist lyrics and infectious melodies drew comparisons to the songwriting style of Robert Pollard from Guided by Voices. Rolling Stone credited the band with bringing 'the pop traditions of 1960s pop bands — groups like the Zombies, and the Beach Boys — to a new generation of music fans.'
Members
Current
James Mercer – lead vocals, guitar (1996–present)
Yuuki Matthews – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (2011–present)
Mark Watrous – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (2014–present)
Casey Foubert – guitar (2016–present)
Jon Sortland – drums (2016–present)
Patti King – keyboards (2016–present)
Former
Jesse Sandoval – drums, percussion (1996–2009)
Martin Crandall – keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals (1998–2009)
Dave Hernandez – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals (1998–2000, 2003–2009)
Neal Langford – bass guitar (2000–2003)
Eric Johnson – piano, keyboards, guitar, banjo, backing vocals (2007–2011)
Ron Lewis – bass guitar (2009–2011)
Jessica Dobson – guitar, backing vocals (2011–2013)
Joe Plummer – drums, percussion, backing vocals (2009–2016)
Richard Swift – keyboards, piano, organ, synthesizers, percussion, drone box, backing vocals (2011–2016) - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
- Album name Release Date Song
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The Worms Heart
2018-01
1.The Fear(Flipped)
2.So Now What(Flipped)
3.Heartworms(Flipped)
4.Dead Alive(Flipped)
5.Half A Million(Flipped)
6.Rubber Ballz(Flipped) (Provided)7.Mildenhall(Flipped) (Provided)
8.Fantasy Island(Flipped) (Provided)
9.Cherry Hearts(Flipped)
10.Painting A Hole(Flipped) (Provided)
11.Name For You(Flipped) (Provided) -
Name For You - Flipped
2017-03
1.Name For You - Flipped -
Heartworms
2017
1.Rubber Ballz (Edit)
2.Fading in Fading Out (Provided)
3.Have You Seen My Baby (Provided)
4.It Don't Come Easy (Provided)
5.Beaucoups of Blues (1995 remaster) (Provided)
6.Name for You
7.Painting a Hole
8.Cherry Hearts9.Fantasy Island
10.Mildenhall
11.Rubber Ballz
12.Half a Million
13.Dead Alive
14.Heartworms
15.So Now What
16.The Fear -
Port Of Morrow
2012-03
1.The Rifle's Spiral
2.Simple Song
3.It's Only Life
4.Bait And Switch
5.September6.No Way Down
7.For A Fool
8.Fall Of '82
9.40 Mark Strasse
10.Port Of Morrow -
Wincing The Night Away
2007-01
1.Sleeping Lessons
2.Australia
3.Pam Berry
4.Phantom Limb
5.Sea Legs
6.Red Rabbits7.Turn On Me
8.Black Wave
9.Spilt Needles
10.Girl Sailor
11.A Comet Appears -
Chutes Too Narrow
2003-10
1.Kissing The Lipless
2.Mine's Not A High Horse
3.So Says I
4.Young Pilgrims
5.Saint Simon6.Fighting In A Sack
7.Pink Bullets
8.Turn A Square
9.Gone For Good
10.Those To Come -
Oh Inverted World
2001-06
1.Caring Is Creepy
2.One By One All Day
3.Weird Divide
4.Know Your Onion!
5.Girl Inform Me
6.New Slang7.The Celibate Life
8.Girl On The Wing
9.Your Algebra
10.Pressed In A Book
11.The Past And Pending -
Spotify Sessions
1.No Way Down - Spotify Sessions Curated by Jim Eno
2.Know Your Onion - Spotify Sessions Curated by Jim Eno3.Death Cream - Spotify Sessions Curated by Jim Eno -
Score! 20 Years Of Merge Records
1.Plenty Is Never Enough -
Australia
1.Sleeping Lessons (The RAC mix)
2.Girl on a Wing (KCRW session)
3.So Says I (KCRW session)
4.Phantom Limb [Radio 2 Live Version]5.Saint Simon [Radio 2 Live Version]
6.Australia (Album)
7.Australia -
Miscellaneous
1.Pariah King
2.The Waltz Is Over
3.Mild Child
4.Sphagnum Esplanade
5.They'll Soon Discover
6.A Call To Apathy
7.We Will Become Silhouettes
8.It's Okay, Try Again
9.New Slang (Live with Sam Beam)
10.Sealegs (Radio Edit)
11.The Rifle's Spiral (Live from the Lot)
12.No Way Down (Swift Sessions)
13.Fall Of '82 (Swift Sessions)14.New Slang (Album)
15.Wonderful Christmas
16.Mieke
17.Australia (Peter Bjorn & John remix)
18.Turn on Me (Exclusive Clint Mansell Remix)
19.Goodbye Girl
20.A Taste of Honey
21.Those Bold City Girls
22.We Built a Raft and We Floated
23.Breathe (Breathe in the Air)
24.When I Goose-Step
25.The Celibate Life (live)
26.Split Needles (Alt. version)
【Correction of errors in the album information】