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PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:43 pm    Post subject: The new Shins album Reply with quote
Oh dear. Starts ok for 2 or 3 songs but then becomes really dreary MOR soft rock.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've seen mixed reviews. I posted the link to the stream but I haven't bothered listening to it yet. Maybe I'll give it a miss altogether then. I've never really listened to them anyway actually.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
thought the single was dreary and sounded like well, a shins sound-alike... but i have to say it's really grown on me.

gonna give the album a good chance too. the last one took a while to settle in for me so i'm going to afford this one the same opportunity to grow.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not even going to try. I've never understood what they are trying to achieve. F minus.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
My Dad just played one off this on his radio show. Didn't think it was that bad but it was fairly nondescript and middle of the road. Lukewarm reviews all round too.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
As a general rule: The Shins are great. I don't make the rules, but that's the rule.

I haven't heard the new album yet but contrary to what Kev thinks, the reviews have been pretty decent, an average of 7.0 as you can see here: http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/4255/The-Shins-Port-of-Morrow.aspx
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Vodka-Volauvent wrote:
As a general rule: The Shins are great. I don't make the rules, but that's the rule.

I haven't heard the new album yet but contrary to what Kev thinks, the reviews have been pretty decent, an average of 7.0 as you can see here: http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/4255/The-Shins-Port-of-Morrow.aspx



Does that average contain fan blog reviews? Uncut gave it 7/10 and considering they'll happily suck off The Shins at every given opportunity I thought that was a bit low. The only other review I have to hand is a 6/10 from NME. In general the reports I've heard about it haven't been great. But still, I've only heard 2 songs off it myself.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Vodka-Volauvent wrote:
As a general rule: The Shins are great. I don't make the rules, but that's the rule.


Laughing Agree - or at least about the Shins up to now! I haven't heard the new album yet but will do so asap. I've read that it's a new version of the Shins (i.e. Mercer plus various hired hands) and that worries me, given that his Broken Bells project with Danger Mouse was seriously dull.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Vodka-Volauvent wrote:
As a general rule: The Shins are great. I don't make the rules, but that's the rule [ ]


Well said. And this album further proves Walsh's law for me. It's great! Really great. Yeah it's MOR soft-rock but with melodies and sentiments that get lodged in your head like all Shins stuff.

Maybe I like MOR soft-rock more than the average person but hey ho. My mate wrote a review of it and complained that it sounded like Elton John. WHAT ON EARTH IS WRONG WITH THAT???

I really, really like it. It's still the weakest album The Shins have put out mind but that doesn't matter.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 1:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Reduced in ASDA's already..............
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 2:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Westie wrote:
My mate wrote a review of it and complained that it sounded like Elton John. WHAT ON EARTH IS WRONG WITH THAT???


That's pretty much sold it to me - cheers!
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