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Wish I Was Here: Music from the Motion Picture, Heartworms: 2014 "So Says I" † Chutes Too Narrow: 2003 [3] "A Taste of Honey" (cover of Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow) Resistance Radio: The Man in the High Castle Album: 2017 "They'll Soon Discover" The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – Music from the Movie and More... 2004 "Those Bold City Girls"
The Shins were formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico.. The Shins was formed in 1996 by James Mercer, a member of the band Flake Music in Albuquerque, New Mexico.Flake Music (formerly known simply as Flake) consisted of members guitarist/vocalist James Mercer, drummer Jesse Sandoval, keyboardist Martin Crandall, and bassist Neal Langford. [2]
"New Slang" is a song by American rock band The Shins, released in February 2001 as the lead single from the group's debut studio album, Oh, Inverted World (2001). Written by guitarist and vocalist James Mercer , it concerns his hometown of Albuquerque , New Mexico and his experiences there in his late 20s.
So Says I is a song by American indie rock band The Shins, the third track of their second album Chutes Too Narrow. It was released as a single on 21 September 2003 on Sub Pop Records. The song was written by the band's lead singer, James Mercer. His lyrics reference and compare life under communist and capitalist economic systems.
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The music in the film features a number of indie-rock artists, notably the Shins. In an early scene, Sam ( Natalie Portman ) passes Andrew Largeman (Braff) a headset which is playing the song " New Slang " by the Shins as she says "You gotta hear this one song — it’ll change your life; I swear."
Additionally, Mercer stated that the song was also, in part, about the departures of drummer Jesse Sandoval and keyboardist Martin Crandall from The Shins. [ 1 ] Explaining the origins of the song, Mercer revealed that he wrote the song in the living room of his apartment, shortly following his marriage and in the period leading to the birth of ...
The song garnered substantial critical acclaim to the point where label Sub Pop gave the Shins a record deal. The album was thus seen as one of the most anticipated indie releases of 2001. [3] Some of the songs on the album existed in an embryonic form back when front man James Mercer was a member of another older band named Flake Music.