The Shins Recording New Album
Pitchfork reports: “Having successfully changed all of our lives, indie pop juggernauts the Shins are hanging up their superhero capes and getting back to what they do best: making music. The band recently entered their home studio (located in frontman James Mercer’s basement) with reliable producer Phil Ek, who manned the boards on 2003’s Chutes Too Narrow. As of right now, very little progress has been made on their as-yet-untitled third album, with drum tracks being laid down this week, but Pitchfork will keep you updated on the status of what is likely to become the soundtrack to any number of 2006/2007 romantic comedies concerning quirky contemporary twentysomethings.”
I’m sufficiently thrilled. Here are some non-album Shins MP3s to make the wait more bearable.
MP3s:
“We Will Become Silhouttes” - The Shins (Postal Service cover)
“Baby Boomerang” - The Shins
“Sphagnum Esplanade” - The Shins