The Shins' sophomore album is a joy from start to finish, though it's rather different from their 2001 leftfield pop genius stunner Oh, Inverted World. That album was like a warm embrace from a long-lost pal. True to its...more.
...And I couldn't be happier! This album is easily one of my favorite of the past 5 years. I bought it having not ever heard them before (thank you Amazon Recommendations) and was thrilled from beginnig to end. I quickly...more.
There are those bands that you get addicted to for days at a time, sometimes weeks, if you're really lucky soemtimes months, but when you hear the Shins for tfe first time you wonder if you'll ever anything as...more.
Perhaps the best produced so far? You haven't heard real, un-commercial, awesome, music until you've heard these guys. They are the Mozart of the new millennium.
"Of course I was raised to gather courage from those lofty tales...more.
Great second album from the Shins. This is a bit different than "Inverted World", but I like it evan better. There are so many types of music on this album that it keeps your attention from start to finish. "Young Pilgrims...more.
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