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And they could float above the grass in circles if they tried.

Yes, I know: the Vetiver review is still on its way. But first, peep this: while putzing around on a few random message boards this evening, I came across new tracks from this little undiscovered band I've been following for a couple of years. They're called the Shins. You might've heard of 'em. Had a couple of song a few years back? Showed up on that Garden State thing? Real promising bunch of youngsters?

Anyway, these songs, performed during a live show at the Hollywood Bowl last month, made the blog rounds when they were first recorded, but I thought I'd use them to kick off the pre-Lollapalooza hype a little early.

The Shins - Circus Walk (Live at the Hollywood Bowl). "Do affections fade away?" wonders James Mercer in a moment of love-induced disillusionment. This song doesn't really provide an answer, but makes an art of coming up with more painful questions.

The Shins - Phantom (Live at the Hollywood Bowl). The Shins bring their concern with suburban entropy to the fore on this track, at the risk of sounding tired. However, led by Mercer's tautly melodic yelps, they manage to tread the well-worn path lightly enough to pass unscathed.

The Shins - Australia (Live at the Hollywood Bowl). This song comes dangerously close to actually making listeners feel good. The lyrics themselves are your basic treatise on mutablilty and frustration, so the solace here comes from the music. Arguably the loosest song of the three, this track finds the Shins trading their occasional dourness for a doowop swing and some tribal la-las that wouldn't be out of place on an Animal Collective B-side.

Makes you want those rumblings about a new album to be true, eh?

Posted by Tyler on Thursday, August 03, 2006 at 2:55 AM |

I love these new tracks. I held out on listening to them for a while, but I finally buckled. Too bad the new album isn't due 'til 2007 now.

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