Saturday, August 16, 2008
The Shins: Wincing the Night Away
is one of the best albums I have ever heard. . .really. Maybe I am behind everyone else on realizing this; I just started listening to it a month or so ago. It took me a little while to really get into it, aside from Phantom Limb, the first single, but now that I have, I love it. Its all I have been listening to lately. I can't get enough. Great lyrics, greater melodies, awesome drumming. Seriously, get it, listen to it three or four times, and you will love it too. Maybe you already do. Was there a better album last year? I since have gotten the previous two Shins' albums. They are good, but this album blows them away. Listen to it and let me know what you think.
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Better albums that came out in 2007 (my opinion):
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
The National - The Boxer
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Beirut - Flying Club Cup
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Close seconds:
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
White Stripes - Icky Thump
Menomena - Friend and Foe
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
I liked the Shins album... but, I don't know... it didn't change my life.
also, I was joking about amy winehouse... just trying to get you fired up.
I would maybe put that Arcade Fire or Spoon album up there, maybe Cassadaga too. The Shins is where it's at though. Sounds like you need to give it another listen. I heard all but two of the others (Avett Brothers and Menomena) multiple times, but they just didn't get me like that Shins.
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