The Shins

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The Shins
The Shins in Stockholm 2004
The Shins in Stockholm 2004
General information
origin Albuquerque , United States
Genre (s) Indie pop , indie rock , indie folk
founding 1996
Website theshins.com
Current occupation
James Mercer
Mark Watrous (since 2014)
Jon Sortland (since 2016)
Casey Foubert (since 2016)
Yuuki Matthews (since 2011)
Patti King (since 2016)
former members
Dave Hernandez (1998-2000, 2003-2009)
Eric Johnson (2007-2011)
Ron Lewis (2009-2011)
Neal Langford (2000-2003)
Jessie Sandoval (until 2009)
Martin Crandall (1998-2009)
Jessica Dobson (2011-2013)
Richard Swift (2011-2016; † 2018)
Joe Plummer (2009-2016)

The Shins is an American rock band from Portland , Oregon , formed in 1996 by James Mercer in Albuquerque , New Mexico . She is an important representative of so-called indie pop . The frontman and sole songwriter Mercer is the only constant member of the band.

James Mercer in Cologne (2004)

Band history

The debut album of the band, which is rather unknown in German-speaking countries, is called When You Land Here, It's Time To Return . James Mercer , Jesse Sandoval, Marty Crandall and Neal Langford, who was later replaced by Dave Hernandez, recorded the record as Flake Music on Omnibus Records. However, the publication received little attention even in her home country. The band only became more successful when they changed instruments and names, but not their style.

In November 2000, The Shins signed a record deal with Sub Pop . In the same year their "second debut" Oh, Inverted World appeared , which surprised the band and record company with immense sales figures. The third album is called Chutes Too Narrow and was released in 2003.

The best known song of the band is New Slang . It gained a certain degree of popularity in Germany, thanks to both the series Scrubs and the film Garden State . In America, it was also included in a commercial for the McDonald’s fast food restaurant . The band also had a live appearance in the TV series Gilmore Girls , which is also known in Germany , in which they present the song So Says I in a club in Florida during spring break .

Her album Wincing the Night Away was released in the USA on January 23, 2007, and three days later in Germany. This was followed by a tour through the USA and Europe, which led the band to Germany for two concerts at the beginning of April 2007, which took place in Cologne and Berlin with the American indie rock band Viva Voce as support.

After the interim collaboration between Mercer and DJ Danger Mouse under the project name Broken Bells , he reactivated the Shins with a new line-up. The fifth album Port of Morrow - produced by Greg Kurstin - was released in March 2012 on Columbia Records .

Her album Heartworms was released on March 10, 2017 . Former keyboardist Richard Swift died on July 3, 2018 at the age of 41 in Tacoma , Washington .

criticism

Richard Kämmerlings wrote in 2007 in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung : “If only five or six rock bands are left in the collective memory of our strangely stylish decade, then the“ Shins ”should be one of them. [...] Simply an epoch-making band. "

Johanna Merhof wrote in the daily newspaper Die Welt : “Songs to sink into. [...] A relaxed shrug as long as these songs exist. In which one can sink so much that they become a golden whole. With a warm coat that you put on against the cold of the world. A better hug than the song 'A Comet Appears' is hard to imagine. "

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2001 Oh, inverted world - - - UK-UK US-
gold
gold
US
First published: June 19, 2001
2003 Chutes Too Narrow - - - UK82 (1 week)
UK 		US86
gold
gold

(6 weeks)US
First published: October 21, 2003
2007 Wincing the Night Away DE44 (2 weeks)
DE 		- - UK16
silver
silver

(5 weeks)UK 		US2
gold
gold

(25 weeks)US
First published: January 23, 2007
2012 Port of Morrow DE33 (1 week)
DE 		AT35 (1 week)
AT 		CH33 (1 week)
CH 		UK11 (3 weeks)
UK 		US3 (15 weeks)
US
First published: March 19, 2012
2017 Heartworms DE61 (1 week)
DE 		AT52 (1 week)
AT 		CH44 (1 week)
CH 		UK19 (1 week)
UK 		US20 (2 weeks)
US
First published: March 10, 2017

more publishments

  • 1997: When You Land Here, It's Time To Return (as Flake Music)
  • 1999: Nature Bears a Vacuum (EP)
  • 2007: Live Session (EP)
  • 2012: Port of Morrow Acoustic (EP)
  • 2013: Live at Third Man Records

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2003 So Says I
Chutes Too Narrow 		- - - UK73 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: July 21, 2003
2004 Fighting in a Sack
Chutes Too Narrow 		- - - UK94 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: December 14, 2004
2006 Phantom Limb
Wincing the Night Away 		- - - UK42 (1 week)
UK 		US86 (1 week)
US
First published: November 14, 2006
2007 Australia
Wincing the Night Away 		- - - UK62 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: April 9, 2007

More singles

  • 2000: When I Goose-Step
  • 2001: New Slang
  • 2002: Know Your Onion!
  • 2007: Turn on Me
  • 2007: Sea Legs
  • 2012: Simple Song
  • 2012: It's Only Life
  • 2012: No Way Down
  • 2016: Dead Alive
  • 2017: Name for You

swell

  1. ↑ Black Keys musician Richard Swift died , accessed July 5, 2018
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  3. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US UK

Web links

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