Back When They Were Good: The Shins
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then
‘Twas the summer of 2004, and things were rather different back then. Summers were comfortably warm and sunny for weeks on end. Birds happily sang. Children played merrily in the streets. And the Shins were the soundtrack to it.
Okay, so maybe not all of that is true. But The Shins somehow bring out warm and fuzzy feelings of nostalgia for a time that probably wasn’t all that great in the first place. No matter though, their album of the time, Chutes Too Narrow, was and remains a wonderful piece of work. Upbeat one minute, miserable the next. Soaring vocals actually singing lyrics that contain meaning. Oh, and some superb novelty artwork.
i dont recognise them anymore
they’re like old men and i swear they didnt use to be