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Not Forgotten: The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow

  • October 21, 2018
  • Jon Bryan
From its brightly coloured, die-cut artwork, there’s something about Chutes Too Narrow that has always struck me as cartoon-like. I don’t mean that in a bad way, after all cartoons…
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Album Review: The Shins – The Worms Heart

  • February 2, 2018
  • Jon Bryan
For me the fascinating thing about The Worms Heart is not its concept, or even the music within, but it’s trying to figure out exactly when James Mercer came up…
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Album Review: The Shins – Heartworms

  • March 20, 2017
  • Jon Bryan
The Shins confuse me. Heartworms is the fifth album by a band that was effectively a side project of a band which only released one album. In the past initial…
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Not Forgotten – The Shins – Wincing the Night Away

  • November 24, 2014
  • Jon Bryan
It’s happened to me more times than I like to think – I discover a great band with a small but interesting discography, I’ve just missed them on tour, but…
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A Buyers Guide to The Shins

  • February 18, 2014
  • Jon Bryan
Initially an offshoot of Flake Music, The Shins were a solo side project for bandleader James Mercer to dabble with during the downtime of his main band. At some point…
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