The Shins - Wincing the Night Away (Audio CD - 1/23/2007)

Recorded over time in James Mercer's basement studio, Phil Ek's Seattle digs, and in Oregon City with veteran engineer Joe Chiccarelli (Beck,U2) - Wincing the Night Away is a Whole new animal. Its is the sound of a band growing up and out. Mercer's infectious, indelible melodic style is still at the core, and unfaltering. But anything can happen around it - and in this case, it does. Channeling a Morrissey vibe, 'Sea Legs' pairs a hip-hop (yes, hip-hop) beat with lush melodic lines and searing guitars. Elsewhere the band toys with tweaked-out piano steeped in psychedelic strings ('Red Rabbit'); fractured synth samples ('Silt Needles')' gauzy, arpeggiated keyboards cloaking thunderous anthems (Sleeping Lessons')' and, taking cues from early Jesus and Mary Chain albums - Seeping, fuzztoned epics ('Phantom Limb'). Finally, 'Turn on Me,' 'Girl Sailor' and 'Australia' are the lilting, exhilarating, rollicking, rock-solid pop songs we've all come to covet from The Shins.

Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed

TRACK LISTINGS

Disc 1

1 Sleeping Lessons (3:58)
2 Australia (3:56)
3 Pam Berry (0:56)
4 Phantom Limb (4:47)
5 Sealegs (5:22)
6 Red Rabbits (4:30)
7 Turn on Me (3:41)
8 Black Wave (3:19)
9 Spilt Needles (3:45)
10 Girl Sailor (3:44)
11 A Comet Appears (3:49)