The Shins

[istewart]

Me, I'd probably say Chutes Too Narrow but it's very close.

[zaxx19]

We have all seen Garden St...

But how many people are really THAT into The Shins?

Thats not to say I dont dig the 8 tracks ive dwnloaded from them. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[jason_t]

I agree, it is incredibly close. But I go with Oh, Inverted World.

"I think I'll go home and mull this over before I cram down my throat. At long last it's crashed, it's colossal mass has broken up into bits in my moat..."

[istewart]

"Caring is Creepy" and "New Slang" are two of the four best songs on OIW, which sucks because everyone and their mother has now heard them a million times. "Girl on the Wing" is also amazing.

Right now I've got Elliott Smith's "Son of Sam" stuck in my head. You know that one, jason /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[jason_t]

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"Caring is Creepy" and "New Slang" are two of the four best songs on OIW, which sucks because everyone and their mother has now heard them a million times. "Girl on the Wing" is also amazing.

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What is the other one? I think that "Know Your Onion!" and "Your Algebra" are amazing.

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Right now I've got Elliott Smith's "Son of Sam" stuck in my head. You know that one, jason /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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I've been on "Strung Out Again" lately. And from Figure 8, "L.A." /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[istewart]

"Know Your Onion," most likely.

There are a few songs on Chutes Too Narrow that I think are better than anything on OIW, namely "Saint Simon," "So Says I," and "Gone For Good." The whole way through, OIW might actually edge it out, song-for-song, though.

[jason_t]

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"Know Your Onion," most likely.

There are a few songs on Chutes Too Narrow that I think are better than anything on OIW, namely "Saint Simon," "So Says I," and "Gone For Good." The whole way through, OIW might actually edge it out, song-for-song, though.

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I just listened to both albums and want to add that "Kissing the Lipless" is also a great song off the second album.

[mantasm]

I like chutes too narrow better but I think o inverted world is the better album, if that makes sense.

[sfer]

Inverted World has that spacey, dreamy quality that I like better. And a buddy of mine scored tickets for them again so I'll be seeing them in April.

[sfer]

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We have all seen Garden St...

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I haven't. And there was a time a couple of years ago, after Chutes was recorded but before it was released, when their "sellout" moment wasn't a movie soundtrack but a McDonalds commercial.

[JMP300z]

Love the shins...

Oh and Speed Trials and Bled White...

[bd8802]

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Me, I'd probably say Chutes Too Narrow but it's very close.

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I prefer the ambience of Oh, Inverted World over the heavier Chutes Too Narrow. I do not think it is close, even though they are both great disks.

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[bd8802]

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But how many people are really THAT into The Shins?

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I think there is a bigger group of "indie rock" listeners than you think. I knew about them well before Garden State. But I do like that they have gotten more airplay since the success of that movie.

The Shin's are one of the first bands i suggest listening to for people that are moving outside of what it played on mainstream radio and tv. I think their music is accessible to a majority of people that really like music.

[Soul Daddy]

My first instinct was OIW, but that's just the New Slang talking. Kissing the Lipless, Pink Bullets, Saint Simon, & A Call to Apathy swing my vote to Chutes.

They'll Soon Discover from the Spongebob soundtrack is the jam.

[Jack of Arcades]

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Inverted World has that spacey, dreamy quality that I like better.

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And Chutes too Narrow has that more straightforward, poppy quality that I like better.

[sfer]

nh

[ThaSaltCracka]

I am not surprised by the results.