
The Shins
The Shins are an American indie rock band centered around James Mercer. The band formed in 1997, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States as a side project of Mercer (previously of Blue Roof Dinner) and drummer Jesse Sandoval, who were both members of Flake Music. The band's original lineup was Mercer (vocals, guitar), Sandoval (drums), Marty Crandall (keyboards) and Dave Hernandez (bass). Neil Langford replaced Hernandez in 1998. Hernandez returned to the band in 2003, as Langford had left the band in 2001. Hernandez remained in the band until 2009. Fruit Bats keyboardist Eric Johnson joined the band in 2006. Their debut album, Oh, Inverted World was issued in 2001 and contained the singles New Slang and Caring is Creepy, which were both featured in the 2004 film Garden State. The band's next album, Chutes Too Narrow was released in 2003 and featured the single So Says I. The band's third album Wincing The Night Away, was released in 2007 and debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 charts, the highest charting album in Sub Pop history until Arcade Fire'sThe Suburbs debuted at #1. After a short hiatus, Mercer announced in 2009 that the band was to record a new album and that Marty Crandall, and Jesse Sandoval were no longer members of The Shins. The band's new lineup included James Mercer, Eric Johnson, Modest Mouse drummer Joe Plummer and Grand Archives keyboardist Ron Lewis. Before the release of Port of Morrow, the band lineup changed once more with only Mercer and Plummer...
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New Slang
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Australia
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Caring Is Creepy
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Phantom Limb
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Sleeping Lessons
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Kissing the Lipless
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So Says I
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Turn on Me
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Pink Bullets
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Girl Inform Me
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Saint Simon
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Simple Song
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Young Pilgrims
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Red Rabbits
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Sea Legs
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A Comet Appears
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Pam Berry
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The Past and Pending
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Fighting in a Sack
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Know Your Onion!
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One by One All Day
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Girl on the Wing
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Black Wave
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Mine's Not a High Horse
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Girl Sailor
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Weird Divide
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Pressed in a Book
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The Celibate Life
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Those to Come
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Turn A Square
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Your Algebra
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Gone for Good
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The Rifle's Spiral
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It's Only Life
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Spilt Needles
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No Way Down
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Bait and Switch
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September
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Split Needles
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For a Fool
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Fall of '82
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40 Mark Strasse
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We Will Become Silhouettes
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Port of Morrow
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A Call To Apathy [tentative title]
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Name For You
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A Call to Apathy
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Mild Child
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Nothing At All
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Wonderful Christmastime