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The Shins
Initially formed as a side project for James Mercer away from his main band
Flake Music, The Shins toured with Modest Mouse in the late 1990s before signing
to legendary alternative label Sub Pop in 2000. Based around Mercer's
well-crafted songs, the delicate, jangly indie pop of early singles New Slang
and Know Your Onion! showed a love of British acts like The Smiths and Echo and
the Bunnymen. Debut album Oh, Inverted World (2001) and its follow-up Chutes Too
Narrow (2003) were hits with critics and the band steadily built a cult
following of indie obscurists; but it was the us...
New SlangThe Shins
Simple SongThe Shins
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Caring Is CreepyThe Shins
The Past And PendingThe Shins
Gone for GoodThe Shins
New SlangThe Shins
Oh, Inverted World
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Simple SongThe Shins
Port of Morrow
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New SlangThe Shins
Oh, Inverted World
Caring Is CreepyThe Shins
Oh, Inverted World
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The Past And PendingThe Shins
Oh, Inverted World
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Gone for GoodThe Shins
Chutes Too Narrow
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