Albums I’m Buying:
Jan 23: Shins “Wincing the Night Away” (Bought!)
Jan 30: Youth Group “Casino Twilight Dogs”
Jan 30: Josh Rouse “She’s Spanish, I’m American”
Feb 6: Fallout Boy “Infinity on High”
Mar 6: Arcade Fire “Neon Bible”
Albums I Might Buy But Haven’t Decided:
Jan 30: Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah “Some Loud Thunder”
Feb 20: Explosions in the Sky “All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone” (they do a LOT of the instrumental music that’s been on Friday Night Lights)
Albums I’m Pretty Unlikely to Buy, I Think:
Jan 23: Of Montreal “Hissing Fauna Are You the Destroyer ”
Albums I Won’t Buy, But You Might:
Feb 6: Bloc Party
Song I Bought Last Night that Was Written on the Same Slip of Paper:
“Please Don’t Pass Me By” by Jack Harlan. Oh so pretty!
Daily Archives: January 24, 2007
First Impression: Shins “Wincing the Night Away”
Like it. LIKE it.
Edgier / less positive and bouncy than their previous outings. More of a downer (more what I like, really). Not until about “Red Rabbits” (song 6) does it start to bounce…and then only momentarily. Don’t get me wrong: I love the Shins, bouncy or not. The general feel of this one is less that way.
p.s. and “Girl Sailor” …SOUNDS LIKE… the Smiths (and Morrissey)! Bonus!