Группа основана в 1997 году в Альбукерке двумя членами lo-fi-коллектива Flake Music: гитаристом Джеймсом Мерсером и барабанщиком Джесси Сандовалом. После распада Flake Music в 1999 году все его члены составили костяк The Shins. В 2000 году, во время турне с Modest Mouse, группе был предложен контракт с лейблом Sub Pop.
Действующий Состав:
Джеймс Мерсер (James Mercer) — гитара, вокал
Джессика Добсон (Jessica Dobson) — гитара
Юки Метьюз (Yuuki Matthews) — бас
Джо Пламмер (Joe Plummer) — ударные
Ричард Свифт(Richard Swift)
Дискография:
Синглы:
New Slang (2001)
Know Your Onion! (2001)
So Says I (2003)
Fighting in a Sack (2004)
Phantom Limb (2007)
Australia (2007)
EP:
Nature Bears a Vacuum (1999)
When I Goose-Step (2000)
So Says I (2003)
Fighting In a Sack (2004)
Live Session EP (iTunes Exclusive) (2007)
Альбомы:
Oh, Inverted World (2001)
Chutes Too Narrow (2003)
Wincing the Night Away (2007)
Port of Morrow (2012)
Жанр: Рок
Поджанры: Инди-рок, пауэр-поп, инди-поп, инди-фолк
Ссылки
Официальный сайт The Shins
The Shins в Википедии
The Shins на сайте MySpace
Официальный сайт Sub Pop Records
The Shins у издателя
Видео The Shins на сайте YouTube Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
The Shins are an American indie rock band centered around James Mercer.
The band formed in 1997, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States as a side project of Mercer (previously of Blue Roof Dinner) and drummer Jesse Sandoval, who were both members of Flake Music. The band's original lineup was Mercer (vocals, guitar), Sandoval (drums), Marty Crandall (keyboards) and Dave Hernandez (bass). Neil Langford replaced Hernandez in 1998. Hernandez returned to the band in 2003, as Langford had left the band in 2001. Hernandez remained in the band until 2009. Fruit Bats keyboardist Eric Johnson joined the band in 2006.
Their debut album, Oh, Inverted World was issued in 2001 and contained the singles "New Slang" and "Caring is Creepy", which were both featured in the 2004 film "Garden State". The band's next album, Chutes Too Narrow was released in 2003 and featured the single "So Says I". The band's third album Wincing The Night Away, was released in 2007 and debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 charts, the highest charting album in Sub Pop history until Arcade Fire's"The Suburbs" debuted at #1. After a short hiatus, Mercer announced in 2009 that the band was to record a new album and that Marty Crandall, and Jesse Sandoval were no longer members of The Shins. The band's new lineup included James Mercer, Eric Johnson, Modest Mouse drummer Joe Plummer and Grand Archives keyboardist Ron Lewis.
Before the release of Port of Morrow, the band lineup changed once more with only Mercer and Plummer remaining from the previously announced lineup. The newly added members were announced as guitarist Jessica Dobson, bassist Yuuki Matthews (formerly of Crystal Skulls) and keyboardist Richard Swift.
The Simple Song Songfacts reports that "Simple Song." was the first single from the Port Of Morrow album, the band's debut release on James Mercer's Aural Apothecary record label. It was also the first offering to be heard from the band following the departure of Jesse Sandoval and Marty Crandall.
The current line-up for the live act is James Mercer (vocals, guitar), Jessica Dobson (guitar), Yuuki Matthews (bass), Richard Swift (keyboards) and Joe Plummer (drums).
More information:
*http://www.theshins.com
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shins Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.