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        Proudly Presents

  The Shins - Discography (2001-2012) [V0 MP3]

  Release Notes

  Released.......: 2001 - 2012
  Genre..........: Rock
  Style..........: Indie
  Source.........: Converted from FLAC
  Codec..........: MP3
  Channels.......: Stereo
  Sample Rate....: 44,100 Hz
  Bit Rate.......: VBR
  Covers.........: Front 

  Albums

  2001 - Oh, Inverted World
  2002 - Know Your Onion!
  2003 - Chutes Too Narrow
  2004 - Fighting In A Sack Ep
  2006 - Phantom Limb
  2007 - Wincing The Night Away
  2012 - Port of Morrow

  Bio

A classic guitar pop group almost nine years in the making, Albuquerque, New Mexico's the Shins began in 1997 as the side project of singer/songwriter and guitarist James Mercer's primary band, Flake. Mercer formed Flake in 1992 with drummer Jesse Sandoval, keyboardist Marty Crandall, and bassist Neal Langford; they eventually changed their name to Flake Music, releasing several singles, a well-received album, When You Land Here, It's Time to Return, and touring with friends like Modest Mouse and Califone. 

Soon after the release of When You Land Here, Mercer and Sandoval formed the Shins as a change of pace, playing as a duo with Cibo Matto and the American Analog Set. With Mercer as the Shins' primary songwriter, the group developed a more focused, crafted sound than Flake Music's charming, if somewhat rambling, collaborative style. 

With a couple of 7"s on Omnibus -- 1998's Nature Bears a Vacuum and 2000's When I Goose-Step -- under their belts, the Shins embarked on a tour with Modest Mouse. Sub Pop's Jonathan Poneman caught the San Francisco date of the tour and asked the Shins to contribute a single to the label's Single of the Month Club, which eventually became an offer to release their 2001 single New Slang and their debut album, Oh, Inverted World. The group spent the rest of the year touring with acts such as Preston School of Industry and Red House Painters. The release of singles such as "Know Yr Onion!" and "The Past and the Pending" kept the Shins' success going into 2002, cementing Oh, Inverted World as one of the definitive indie rock albums of the early 2000s and the Shins as one of the style's definitive bands.