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The Shins' frontman James Mercer is set to play the lead role in a forthcoming feature-length film.
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The Shins: post new video 'Bait And Switch' online
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Head to NME.COM now to watch latest clip from 'Port Of Morrow'
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The Shins: – “Bait And Switch” Video
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The Shins’ “Simple Song” video was a fun, whimsical, ambitious family narrative with a fully realized plot, but the band’s new clip for the sparkly, uptempo Port Of Morrow track “Bait And Switch” takes the opposite approach. It’s strictly bare-bones — just the band p...
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The Shins: – “Simple Song” Video
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In the video for the Shins’ “Simple Song,” James Mercer’s videotaped final will and testament sets off a nostalgia-triggering treasure hunt. “To my three children; I couldn’t decide which of you to give the house to,” dead Mercer says, “so I didn’t choose a...
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The Shins: – “The Rifle’s Spiral”
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The Shins first album since 2007′s Wincing The Night Away is imminent, and is also 2-for-2 (see: “Simple Song” and “September.”) Today Port Of Morrow turns up a third listen with its opening track, “The Rifle’s Spiral.” It’s a lusher production than the oth...
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The Shins: – “It’s Only Life” (Solo Acoustic)
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Right now, the Shins — at least in their James Mercer-plus-whoever incarnation — are preparing to return to the world with the new album Port Of Morrow. The new joints “Simple Song” and “September” are both perfectly lovely. And now Mercer has played a few solo-acoustic shows for radio ...
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