The Shins return, and their new video is AMAZING.

[Danchez]

James Mercer's band, The Shins, is releasing a new album next week, and their first single, "Simple Song," has a great new video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoLTPcD1S4Q&ob=av2n

Taken from the video's comment section: "This is pretty much the movie Wes Anderson has been trying to make for the past ten years."

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

[Blodiak]

this is great stuff indeed !

hope they come to Montreal this year at Osheaga festival...

[G:Box]

Very excited to see them live again!

[G:Box]

The new songs sound very "Band Of Horses' ish"

[FreakyFraser]

Just picked up "Port of Morrow"....can't wait to get home to give it a spin (Something is F'd with my speakers at work )

[iam1bearcat]

i've already listened to this album 5 or 6 times.

love it

shocking to think it's been five years since a Shins album! glad the wait is over. lived up to my expectations. will be interesting to see how i feel about it in 6 months or so - as far as where it falls in line of my favorite Shins albums.

i hold a special place in my musical heart for Oh, Inverted World, but i wonder if this will pass it for the top spot.

excellent record and glad to see some fans on here

[Danchez]

I am really enjoying it so far, as well.

I read a positive review that mentioned how it would be very difficult to categorize this album as sounding like it's "of" a specific decade or era, and I completely agree.

Also, a couple of the tracks have a production style that sounds nothing like anything off their previous three albums, yet somehow manage to still feel familiar.

James Mercer's voice and songwriting are both just awesome.

[West E]

hoping to see the Shins this summer. Got to see Broken Bells 2 years ago if that counts.