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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 ...
Port of Morrow is the fourth studio album by American rock band The Shins.The album was released March 19, 2012, on Aural Apothecary and Columbia Records and was co-produced by Greg Kurstin and frontman James Mercer.
[15] The song "changed everything" for the group, causing their first two albums to sell more than twice what they had sold prior to the film's debut. [15] "Almost overnight, the Shins became indie-rock icons," wrote Robert Levine of Spin. [15] The band extended their tour in support of the song and its popularity. [18] "We saw a change in our ...
(Tim & Eric featuring The Shins) Awesome Record, Great Songs! Volume One: 2008 "New Slang" † Oh, Inverted World: 2001 [2] "Nothing at All" Wincing the Night Away: 2007 [1] "No Way Down" Port of Morrow: 2012 [4] "One by One All Day" Oh, Inverted World: 2001 [2] "Pam Berry" Wincing the Night Away: 2007 [1] "Painting a Hole" † Heartworms: 2017 ...
Simple Song may refer to: Simple Song (album), a 2009 album by Ben Wendel "Simple Song" (The Shins song), 2012 "Simple Song", a song by Avail rom the 1996 album 4am ...
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.
Shortly after the release of When You Land Here, in 1999, Mercer formed The Shins in Albuquerque as a side project. [7] [8] Mercer named the band The Shins after the family in the musical The Music Man, a favorite of Mercer's father. [9] The project began as a way to explore three-minute pop songs with conventional chord structure. [10]
"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.