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The Shins
The Shins
Formed: 1997 in Albuquerque, NM
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Styles: Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Group Members: James Mercer, Jesse Sandoval, Marty Crandall, Neal Langford, Dave Yanul Hernandez
Biography: A classic guitar pop group almost nine years in the making, Albuquerque, NM's the Shins began in 1997 as the side project of singer/songwriter and guitarist James Mercer's primary band, Flake. Mercer formed Flake in 1992 with drummer Jesse Sandoval, keyboardist Marty Crandall, and bassist Neal Langford; ...Read full biography
Oh, Inverted World
Oh, Inverted World
Released: 2001
Label: Sub Pop Records
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Beginning with "Caring Is Creepy," which opens this album with a psychedelic flourish that would not be out of place on a late-1960s Moody Blues, Beach Boys, or Love release, the Shins present a collection ...Read full review
Wincing the Night Away
Wincing the Night Away
Released: 2007
Label: WM UK
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"The Shins will change your life!" That kind of proclamation is loaded with expectations when it's just one friend talking up a band to another, but it's magnified a thousandfold when Natalie Portman says ...Read full review
More The Shins albums: Main Albums (3), Singles & EPs (11)
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