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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Next week, the Shins will release the 7″ single version of “Simple Song,” the huge, world-beating single from their forthcoming Port Of Morrow album. That single will feature a new song called “September” on the B-side. And below, we’ve got the lyric video for the song, which has a deli...