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The Shins Takeover

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Life, Death and Broken Bells - DiS meets James Mercer (The Shins)

In Depth by Sean Adams

"It’s funny because ‘Simple Song’ is a very almost jubilant song, it’s very happy and I’m being very positive about some things in my life. And then there’s some real dark songs, like ‘Port of Morrow’, that song is just dark, it’s about how strange it is to be a human being and see human beings dying and human beings killing – that’s heavy dark stuff. There’s songs about love, there’s songs about death, there’s songs about…" - James Mercer»

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The Shins: Introducing the Band

In Depth by Sean Adams

When James Mercer wrote and recorded the new Shins record Port of Morrow (which is streaming in full, here), he put together a new band to head out on the road with him but who are these strangers lurking in the stage lights? We sent them each a questionnaire to find out a little more about them... »

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UK exclusive - Album Stream: The Shins fourth album Port of Morrow

News by Sean Adams

The Shins are back with the new album Port of Morrow. It's out next week in the UK but you can hear it in full before it's out all week on DiS!»

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The Shins - Port of Morrow

Review by Krystina Nellis

It's to James Mercer's credit that Port of Morrow, which could have so easily veered off into soulless corporatism or self-indulgence, manages to remain nothing less than both a universal and personal joy to listen to.»