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Wincing the Night Away by: The Shins List Price: $15.98 CD-Charts Price: $13.99 You Save: $1.99 (12%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0098787070521 Label: Sub Pop Manufacturer: Sub Pop Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sub Pop Release Date: January 23, 2007 Studio: Sub Pop Sales Rank: 910 MPN: 705 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: It could be said that the Shins third album, Wincing the Night Away is the most heavily anticipated record of 2007. Post Garden State notoriety, the band has reached beyond their indie-darling status to something approaching mainstream recognition. Recorded over time in James Mercer's basement studio, Phil Ek's Seattle digs, and in Oregon City with veteran engineer Joe Chiccarelli (Beck, U2) - Wincing the Night Away is a whole new animal. It is the sound of a band growing up and out. Mercer's infectious, indelible melodic style is still at the core, and unfaltering. But anything can happen around it - and in this case, it does. Channeling a Morrissey vibe, "Sea Legs" pairs a hip-hop (yes, hip-hop) beat with lush melodic lines and searing guitars. Elsewhere the band toys with tweaked-out piano steeped in psychedelic strings ("Red Rabbit"); fractured synth samples ("Spilt Needles"); gauzy, arpeggiated keyboards cloaking thunderous anthems ("Sleeping Lessons"); and, taking cues from early Jesus and Mary Chain albums - sweeping, fuzztoned epics ("Phantom Limb"). Finally, "Turn on Me," "Girl Sailor" and "Australia" are the lilting, exhilarating, rollicking, rock-solid pop songs we've all come to covet from The Shins. Amazon.com: Indie-rock's hardest-working slackers finally release their third album, on which they've made the clear transition from bedroom-pop to stadium-rock without losing everything that makes them great. Those soaring vocals that sound like the unholiest collision of the Cure and Simon and Garfunkel, the nimble pop hooks that are never overused, those lyrics that are as self-deprecating and razor sharp as they are playful--dude, it's all still here. Relax, you can still swoon. Musically, there are some new elements, from the ragged surf-rock that propels "Pam Berry" to the near hip-hop beats of "Sea Legs" and percolating electronica on "Sleeping Lessons" (which two thirds of the way through shows Band of Horses how to write a song). Wincing is neither the clever genre recombinant exercise of their second album nor is it the perfect little self-contained universe of their debut. This is not the Shins' best album; it's their growing pains third record. James Mercer has learned how to shout his words so the folks in the back row can hear; a slightly harder edge and more confidence is on display. But it doesn't gel fully. Mercer remains one of the most talented songwriters working in pop today, and what this album proves is that the group deserves to move beyond the little Zach-Braff-movie-watching, This-American-Life-listening, Frappuccino-sipping demo-ghetto they've found themselves in. Wincing confidently bristles with stupendous and smart rock music that deserves to be enjoyed by your kid brother and your folks as much as your dorm-mates. --Mike McGonigal The Shins Get Their "Sea Legs"
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 Rating:  - Good, but clearly not their bestI loved their first two records and I've gone to one of their shows (they were awesome), so I made sure to give this record a long time to warm up on me. Of course, I loved the single, I had very high hopes for this record. I didn't like it so much when I first listened through the record, but I thought that I would grow to love it over time. I've listened through it several times since then, and I still can't see why this would be considered a better record than Oh, Inverted World or Chutes Too Narrow. When compared to a lot of other bands out there, Wincing... is far better than anything most current bands have ever done. Of course, they have to let their music evolve over time, I wasn't expecting Wincing... to sound exactly like their ... Read More: Rating:  - The Shins will change your lifeOr at least that's what Natalie Portman told me in the film "Garden State". I respected that film enough to trust that line of dialogue and give this Shins CD a try. Natlie (actually Zac Braff, who wrote the script) was right -- I am forever altered into a Shins fan. On first listen, I liked the first few songs, and thought the rest were OK. With each successive listen, I quickly grew to love this CD, practically to the point of addiction. "Sleeping Lessons" was my early favorite, with "Red Rabbits" now elipsing that in the never-ending stream of Shins songs in my head. Fantastic CD. Easily within my top 20 favorites of all time. Rating: - One of the best CD's of 2007I picked up this CD at my local Indie music shop in Vancouver without knowing anything about The Shins. This CD is original in it's sound, fun and really entertaining. The sound is that of British Pop (though the band is from Oregon). Best tracks are: "Australia", "Phantom Limb", "Red Rabbits" and "Turn on Me". I rate this as one of the best CD's of 2007. Very enjoyable! Rating:  - The Shins - Wincing The Night Away 8/10It's been a good run for the Shins so far, a band that languished in typical indie-pop obscurity for seven years before exploding into popularity with their second album, Chutes Too Narrow (over 393,000 copies sold) and a Grammy nomination (for "Best Recording Package," true, but they take what they can get). Indeed, things were going good for New Mexico's prodigal sons. Rather than give us another copy of Chutes Too Narrow, the album that, along with everyone's favorite indie-romantic torch film Garden State, propelled the band into the limelight, the Shins present us with an album that at times retains the familiar sound listeners have come to associate with the band and at others stretches their sonic imaginations. Wincing the ... Read More: Rating: - WARNINGIf you're unfamiliar with The Shins, or if you favor songs loaded with repetitive, predictable lyrics, then you might listen to this album once and walk away unsatisfied. However, dare to listen to it twice and you'll be hooked. These guys may appear regular and unassuming, but they'll blindside the unsuspecting with haunting guitar rifts, offbeat drums, and playful lyrics that roll out in a refreshingly unfamiliar pattern - terrific fuel for the creative mind. |
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